Excursion to Zurich West
Tags (Schlagworte): City climate, city planning, CO2, NOx, Luftfilterung, Oekosystemleistungen, Hitzeminderung, Stadtklima, Stadtentwicklung, Hoch-/Tiefbau, Biodiversity, etc.
When: Tuesday, 20 September
Meeting point: 7:55 Grosser Baum beim Schiffbau Zürich
Via S-Bahn, public transport, ticket for 2 hours (CHF 6.50):
Wetzikon station: S5, 7:15
Zürich Hardbrücke: 7:41
Zürich Hardbrücke: 8:48, track 1
Wetzikon station: 9:15
Meeting for debrief (Nachbesprechung) in the classroom: 9:30
End of lessons: 9:40
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Vocab:
_Ecosystem services
_Climate effect of plane trees (Platanen, platanus x hispanica)
_Crown volume (m3)
_leaf area (Blattfläche, m2)
_evaporation/transpiration
_cooling capacity: due to shade, 80%, transpiration 20%
_CO2 storage (due to photosynthesis, storage wood (growth)
_Photosynthesis
_filtration of air pollutants (e.g. NOx, =>difficult to calculate)
_Fine dust (Feinstaub)
_Soil compaction (Bodenverdichtung)
_Biodiversity index (Biodiversitätsindex)
_ Future tree, Survivor
_Heat mitigation (Hitzeminderung)
_Hot spot (in the city area)
_Urban heat island (Städtische Hitzeinsel)
_Biodiversity
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