Leveraging digital enabling technologies for integrating climate adaptation and mitigation in urban design

IF 11.5 1区工程技术 Q1 CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY

Automation in Construction Pub Date : 2025-09-02 DOI:10.1016/j.autcon.2025.106504

Guglielmo Ricciardi , Guido Callegari , Mattia Federico Leone

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Integrating climate change adaptation (CCA) and mitigation (CCM) into urban design remains a challenge due to methodological fragmentation and lack of cross-scalar tools. The Fourth Industrial Revolution offers transformative potential. This paper explores which digital enabling technologies (DETs) are most effective in supporting urban design scenarios addressing both CCA and CCM. A systematic literature review of 84 empirical studies was conducted, evaluating 12 DETs based on their capabilities in urban design scenario and climate performance. Results show that Remote Sensing, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and Cloud Services are the most coherent technologies for combining climate with design workflows. Conversely, widely used tools like Building Information Modelling (BIM) show limited capacity to support ecological or carbon goals. These findings emphasise the necessity of interoperable, hybrid DET frameworks to enable CCA and CCM urban design. The paper offers insights for practitioners, paving the way for digitally enabled climate strategies in urban environments.

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利用数字技术将气候适应和减缓融入城市设计

将气候变化适应（CCA）和减缓（CCM）整合到城市设计中仍然是一个挑战，因为方法上的碎片化和缺乏跨标量工具。第四次工业革命带来了变革潜力。本文探讨了哪些数字使能技术（DETs）在支持解决CCA和CCM的城市设计方案方面最有效。本文对84项实证研究进行了系统的文献综述，根据它们在城市设计情景和气候表现中的能力对12种DETs进行了评估。结果表明，遥感、地理信息系统（GIS）和云服务是将气候与设计工作流相结合的最一致的技术。相反，像建筑信息模型（BIM）这样广泛使用的工具在支持生态或碳目标方面的能力有限。这些发现强调了可互操作的混合DET框架的必要性，以实现CCA和CCM城市设计。本文为实践者提供了见解，为城市环境中的数字化气候战略铺平了道路。

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来源期刊

Automation in Construction 工程技术-工程：土木

CiteScore

19.20

自引率

16.50%

发文量

563

审稿时长

8.5 months

期刊介绍： Automation in Construction is an international journal that focuses on publishing original research papers related to the use of Information Technologies in various aspects of the construction industry. The journal covers topics such as design, engineering, construction technologies, and the maintenance and management of constructed facilities. The scope of Automation in Construction is extensive and covers all stages of the construction life cycle. This includes initial planning and design, construction of the facility, operation and maintenance, as well as the eventual dismantling and recycling of buildings and engineering structures.