8am - 10am GMT
Wednesday 1 December 2021
Third street-scale greening for cooling and clean air in cities (SCAN) webinar
'Healthy green streets'. This webinar is co-chaired by Professor Prashant Kumar and Professor Pascal Perez.
Free
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Overview
Street canyons are the most polluted city environments due to high traffic volumes and limited ventilation. In the Covid-19 era, urban green infrastructure (GI) is more important than ever. GI offers many benefits, including air pollution abatement. However, relationships between GI, air quality and cooling of the street environment are complex and optimal GI design remains unclear, with potential for negative repercussions.
To support decision-makers and address this global need, we will develop a new framework for street-scale greening that is generic, inclusive of pollution-cooling trade-offs, evidence-based, and practicable. We will use experimental and modelling approaches, undertake trial demonstrations, and integrate results to create a collaborative platform. We will engage stakeholders, foster staff-student exchange and develop scope to leverage future funding via research proposals.
Scope
This webinar is an integral aspect of the SCAN project, providing an international platform for researchers to facilitate improved health and wellbeing in cities through knowledge exchange. It is an opportunity to reflect on project activities and share findings and perspectives regarding the use of green infrastructure for urban heat and air quality mitigation, particularly in street canyon environments.
This ‘Healthy Green Streets’ webinar is the final event in the series. It follows on from the ‘Green Street, Clean Air Street’ and ‘Green Street, Cool Street’ webinars that were held in March and June 2021, respectively. The aims of this webinar are therefore to round off the project, summarise findings, celebrate achievements, and discuss an outlook for future research in green infrastructure for urban cooling and cleaner air.
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Programme
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
8am - 8:05am (GMT) 7pm - 7:05pm (AEDT) | Welcome Professor Amelia Hadfield |
8:05am - 8:10am (GMT) 7:05pm - 7:10pm (AEDT) | Brief introduction to programme and SCAN project Professor Prashant Kumar and Professor Pascal Perez |
Session 1: Green streetscape, pollution and heat(Chairs: Professor Lidia Morawska and Dr Hugh Forehead) | |
8:10am - 8:25am (GMT) 7:10pm - 7:25pm (AEDT) | Greener streetscapes for a more liveable Western Sydney – getting it right with community and science Professor Pascal Perez |
8:25am - 8:40am (GMT) 7:25pm - 7:40pm (AEDT) | The deposition of airborne particulate pollution on roadside tree leaves Professor Barbara Maher |
8:40am - 8:55am (GMT) 7:40pm - 7:55pm (AEDT) | Urban green infrastructure at 50 °C – Will street trees planted today survive the extreme temperatures of tomorrow? Dr Renee Marchin Prokopavicius |
8:55am - 9:05am (GMT) 7:55pm - 8:05pm (AEDT) | Q&A session |
Session 2: Greening tools, public engagement and STEM learning(Chairs: Professor John Watts and Professor Clare Murphy) | |
9:05am - 9:20am (GMT) 8:05pm - 8:20pm (AEDT) | City explorer toolkit; combining ES models with social data to guide city planning Dr David Fletcher |
9:20am - 9:35am (GMT) 8:20pm - 8:35pm (AEDT) | The HedgeDATE tool and ongoing research on green infrastructure for roadside particle pollution mitigation Yendle Barwise, Mamatha Tomson, Professor Prashant Kumar |
9:35am - 9:50am (GMT) 8:35pm - 8:50pm (AEDT) | Playful STEM learning: Introducing the heat-cool educational initiative Associate Professor Sebastian Pfautsch, Cheryl Gajda, Professor Prashant Kumar |
9:50am - 10am (GMT) 8:50pm - 9pm (AEDT) | Q&A session Closing remarks |
Registration
Register for this webinar to join us on Wednesday 1 December from 8am - 10am GMT (7pm - 9pm AEDT).
The deadline is Tuesday 30 November at midnight (UK time).
Contact
If you have any queries then please email Professor Prashant Kumar (gcare@surrey.ac.uk).