Investigation the Potential of Green Infrastructure in Improving the Microclimate of Urban Areas: a case of Residential Housing, Bhopal

Abstract

Climate change encompasses the sustained modifications in temperature and atmospheric conditions over an extended period. It arises from a combination of inherent variations within the solar system and human activities. Over the course of history, human activities have played a significant role in intensifying climate change, particularly since the 1800s. In the last half-century, there is a strong likelihood that human activities have contributed to 95% of climate change on Earth, and the most recent five years have been the warmest ever recorded. Starting from 1880 until the present time, the Earth's land and ocean temperatures have risen at an average pace of 0.08 degrees Celsius per decade. Nevertheless, the rate of increase has intensified to 0.18 degrees Celsius per decade since 1981. Global climate change primarily stems from human activities, particularly the utilization of fossil fuels, deforestation, and industrial procedures. These actions result in the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, which in turn enhance the greenhouse effect and contribute to the escalation of global temperatures. Extensive deforestation, urbanization, and alterations in land use have the potential to disrupt natural ecosystems, disturb the balance of greenhouse gases, and exert an influence on both regional and global temperatures. At the regional and local scales, climate change can manifest as shifts in temperature, rainfall, wind patterns, and various other climatic attributes. Factors such as alterations in land use, urbanization, topography, geographical features, atmospheric circulation, weather systems, water bodies, and feedback mechanisms all play a role in driving climate change at these levels. The objective of this study is to analyze the condition of urban regions and their impacts on human beings, with the purpose of formulating a strategic approach for residential housing. The objective of this study is to analyze the condition of urban regions and their impacts on human beings, with the purpose of formulating a strategic approach for residential housing. Specifically, the focus is on implementing green infrastructure as a means to decrease or mitigate the rise in temperatures. The objective of this research is to analyze the land surface temperature in residential areas and evaluate the corresponding increase in air temperature. The ultimate goal is to develop a strategy utilizing Green infrastructure, simulated under ideal conditions using ENVI MET software.. This study helps to understand and get the strategic ideas that can be applied to different locations with changing parameters to reduce the increasing temperatures for urban planners, landscape architects, and urban designers. Etc Directly and indirectly to private and government bodies like increase in working hours and capability of people, growth in GDP. etc.,