气候变化如何改变城市设计

How a Changing Climate Will Transform Urban Design

气候变暖已无法避免,发展速度甚至比科学家几年前的预测更为迅猛。因为未来设计城市所面临的环境条件将与如今大不相同,城市设计实践正经历着重大变革,将一直持续至21世纪中期。探讨气候变化的众多后果,如洪泛、山火、热浪、淡水资源和粮食短缺等,将如何影响城市,以及城市设计学科需要如何应对这些危机。

A warming climate is inevitable,and is happening much faster than scientists thought likely,even a few years ago.The practice of urban design is already changing,and will be transformed by mid-century because the environmental context for designing cities will be so different.This essay discusses how cities would be influenced by climate change consequences of flooding,wildfire,heat waves,and shortages of fresh water and food and how urban design should respond to the crisis.