CLIMATOP AS A CLIMATE MARKER FOR URBANIZED AREAS

Abstract

The relevance of the research topic is due to the need to introduce advanced urban planning solutions into practice to create a comfortable and safe urban environment. The purpose of the work is to study the climatopes of the modern metropolis. This study demonstrate that an effective method of non-destructive testing is “thermal listening” of cities based on optical remote sensing of the Earth's surface. This method provides very clear general and detailed high-resolution thermal images that can be used to identify thermal islands and assess the thermal quality of the urban environment. As a thermal marker, an indicator of relative temperature is proposed, convenient for assessing climatopes of urbanized territories. The climatopes of the modern metropolis are scientifically justified and investigated: within the boundaries of territorial zones and the entire city. The results of the study show that most climatopes have a moderate intensity of the urban heat island; the thermal quality of the urban environment is moderate. The location of the city near the river creates coastal breeze zones, which increases the comfort of the environment due to the “islands of cold”. The results obtained can be used in the development of specific proposals for the implementation of advanced urban planning solutions in practice to create a comfortable and safe urban environment.