Adaptation possibilities of Poznań’s post-war housingestates to climate change Cover Image

Możliwości adaptacyjne poznańskich powojennych osiedli mieszkaniowych do zmian klimatu
Adaptation possibilities of Poznań’s post-war housingestates to climate change

Author(s): Karolina Olenia Szumigała, Mieczysław Kozaczko, Paweł Piotr Szumigała
Subject(s): Architecture, Energy and Environmental Studies, Environmental and Energy policy, Environmental interactions
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: adaptation to climate changes; housing estates; greenery; urban normatives; urban postulates; environment;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of article is to present examples of housing estates whose urban structures and green structures give various possibilities of adaptation to climate changes. The article presents qual- itative analyses (using the case study method) for ten selected housing estates of the city of Poznań in the aspect of adaptability to climate changes. Selected examples of housing estates were character- ized taking into account the following features: total area of the housing estate, green area, building area, building volume, number of inhabitants, green area, prevailing green structures within housing estates, number of parking spaces, year of establishing of housing estate. Based on these characteris- tics, indicators of the intensity of greenery were developed. Then, by the method of linear ordering, a ranking of the considered settlements was made. Housing estates from the mid and late twentieth century are characterized by a much higher share of green areas and high landscape values, which are the result of the application of the old urban normative and the functional, landscape and utility re- gime in force at that time for housing estates. The results indicate that these settlements have a much greater potential for adaptation to climate changes as opposed to modern settlements. In order to objectify this thesis, it was partially verified by partially analysing the dependence of some quantita- tive utility parameters of housing estates on the intensity of greenery: its filtration capabilities and air purity, energy consumption of heating buildings and comfort of pedestrian traffic in the spaces between buildings. As it turns out, these parameters (among others) can be largely shaped with the help of appropriate green systems.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 64
  • Page Range: 189-212
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Polish