Welcome to the course "Urban climate and climate sensitive design" 7.5 credits (GE6000),

Here you will  find general information related to the course. The schedule is preliminary until 2 weeks before course start.

The course is given in the fifth semester of the physical geography/climatology focused undergraduate programme in Earth Sciences and in the first semester of the master's programme in Geography.

Course start: 2022-09-29-- 2022-10-30

Online registration:  2022-09-22 -- 2022-09-30

Course content

The course deals with the theoretical and practical aspects of:

• Effects of urban housing on radiation balances, energy fluxes, temperature, humidity and wind conditions of near surface layers
• Energy balance of humans in relation to the outdoor environment, thermal comfort indices and the relationship between humans, climate and behavior
• Incorporation of climate knowledge into urban planning and design

The course comprise of lectures, compulsory guest lectures, compulsory exercises, a compulsory field study, compulsory seminars and a compulsory literature assignment.

In many of the assignments, you will work with Excel. We therefore strongly encourage you to do the Introduction to Excel exercise found in Getting started with Excel, QGIS and UMEP.

The schedule is preliminary up to two weeks before the start of the course.

Schedule

Syllabus

Reading list

If you have any questions concerning the course please contact the course leader for this course:

Course leader: Sofia Thorsson, phone: 031-786 4733

Canvas issues: Oskar Bäcklin

For administrative inquiries, please contact: studentadmin@gvc.gu.se

Student counselor: Barbara Ruz Tallqvist

If you due to some reasons are not able to participate the first time it is important to contact the Student counselor before the course starts.

Additional information for students concerning for example pedagogical support or student health is found on the Student Portal.