A data-driven map design for heat stress perception and adaptation pathways: a case study in the Kanaalzone-Zuid area of Nijmegen
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2023-08-09
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In the Netherlands heat stress is increasing, causing significant impacts on urban health and quality-of-life. Despite a growing body of scientific evidence, many Dutch local governments admit to lacking a comprehensive understanding of these consequences; this lack of awareness forms a perception-barrier that restrains most local governments (including the municipality of Nijmegen) from prioritising heat adaptation strategies; preventing them from setting in motion a larger, fundamentally urgent, climate transition. So far, most research efforts have been directed towards the identification of heat stress risks and possible adaptation measures; however, the problem lies in the fact that there is very little research on how heat stress data can be used to overcome perception barriers. This research therefore aimed to deepen the knowledge on how socio-technical transition pathways for heat stress adaptation could be found and strengthened by tailoring perception in local contexts; in doing so, the local context was addressed by using the municipality of Nijmegen as a case-study. This research found that operationalising the proposed conceptual framework on socio-technical transition experiments; supported by data-driven GIS-software; in the development of three perception maps offered a novel design approach, capable of producing maps superior in quality to what the municipality had already.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen