User manual
Usage of the tool is simple. In order to assess the heat stress in the AST Klimaatbestendige Stad Tool/Adaptation Support Tool and to see the effect of interventions the user has to:
- Select or draw and define several interventions
- Click on the button ‘bereken hittestress’ (WAT STAAT ER PRECIES? WELKE TAAL?
- Click either the buttons
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- Follow the project setup and draw and define at least one climate adaptation intervention
- Go to the tab in the restults panel, right of the map window
- Click on the button '‘CALCULATE HEAT STRESS’ / 'BEREKEN HITTESTRESS'
- Click the following buttons to see the results:
- PET new / PET nieuw - for situation after interventions
- PET difference / PET verschil - heat stress reduction
- PET current / PET huidig - for the PET situation before interventions
Description of urban heatstress
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To provide an indication of the Urban heat Stress in the public urban space, the AST presents the comfort temperature as PET (Physiological Equivalent temperature) index values in °C. In addition to this, AST presents the effect of interventions on reducing the PET.
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