Micro climate centric design of built envrionment: a case of coastal city Kozhikode

Abstract

Urban heat islands, exacerbated by accelerating climate change, pose serious threats to human health and economic growth. It increasing energy consumption to sustain human comfort and thus increasing cities' and residents' ecological footprints. some Indian cities have developed strategies to absorb significant population growth within existing boundaries by promoting a more compact settlement form to limit further urban sprawl, increase the efficiency of infrastructure and reduce transport related greenhouse gas emission. In the absence of climate-sensitive considerations, however, contemporary planning policy disregards the fact thet higher urban densities potentially intensify urban heat island, as evident not only in compact city centres but also in recent suburban development.