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Some Aspects of Urban Climate in Christchurch
Author(s) -
Tuller Stanton E.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
new zealand journal of geography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1745-7939
pISSN - 0028-8292
DOI - 10.1111/j.0028-8292.1977.tb00098.x
Subject(s) - casual , geography , scope (computer science) , urban climate , environmental planning , field (mathematics) , population , work (physics) , range (aeronautics) , regional science , environmental resource management , urban planning , civil engineering , computer science , environmental science , political science , engineering , sociology , mathematics , demography , mechanical engineering , pure mathematics , law , programming language , aerospace engineering
SUMMARY An appreciable proportion of the New Zealand population lives in urban areas. The importance of urban‐induced environmental changes and the accessibility factor makes the urban region a worthy area for field studies in physical geography. Most of the work in urban climatology has been done in cities of moderate to large size. The extension of urban climate studies to communities of different size, local topography, and land use distribution would greatly help to expand our knowledge in this field and to test the range of applicability of general principles. Many studies can be undertaken with simple equipment. In this regard, school field projects, if properly organised and supervised, could provide important additions to our store of knowledge on urban climate, as well as serve as a useful teaching aid in illustrating some of the casual processes that create the local climate. A few possible projects have been suggested here but there are countless others and the scope is limited only by the imagination.