An Urban Climate Walking Tour an instructional technique for linking together diverse aspects of urban sustainability: Ipswich City Centre
The Ipswich urban climate walking tour is a research led walk, which leads us through a series of urban streets and public spaces. where we explore some of the consequences of building and urban form on the background climate; alongside disseminating current thinking around the various urban climate effects.
The walk provides a unique perspective of our built environments by demonstrating the far-reaching and dynamic links between built-form, climate, energy and health and wellbeing across various scales. It offers an opportunity for us to discuss the quality of the spaces in terms of their physical form, materiality and social implications, alongside their influence on green infrastructure and thermal comfort, critical components of healthy resilient cities.
Designed to teach the principles of urban climatology from an interdisciplinary perspective to a wide range of built environment practitioners, the walk is suitable for anyone with an interest in the climates of cities.
The walk takes just over 2 hours with, plenty of time for discussion; Followed by an informal debrief, with complimentary coffee and cake at Dance East
Event End: 3PM
The walk can be done under all weather conditions… In fact, the harsher the conditions the more dramatic the walk …. Sensible clothing and footwear are essential – this is not a walk in the park!
Cities that have already adopted this methodology include the City of London, the City of Westminster, Birmingham, and Reading (UK); São Paulo, Brazil; Borlänge, Sweden; and Cardiff, Wales (UK), with new walks planned for Bath, Bristol, Barcelona, Glasgow, and Paris
