Overheating adaptations in acclimatised Singaporeans: Do spatial adaptation options matter? A pilot study Tanjong Pagar CBD case study

2022

Climate responsive design aims to mitigate extreme heat by consciously integrating climate principles inurban architectures and developments. Thereby, the adoption of climate-responsive design in urbanareas is foreseen to increase the adaptation capacities of urban dwellers to overheating. However,behavioural overheating adaptation can also be aspatial (e.g. a change in activity program, clothes, orfood regime), and thus not depend on the quality of outdoor spaces. According to the behaviouralplanned theory, the selection of one of these is determined by the individual knowledge of heatadaptation options, its transaction capacities with its daily routines, and cultural beliefs giving itscom…