An analytic model proposal to design with climate of urban open spaces: A case study of Gaziantep

This study aims to propose a model to form a basis for planning and designing studies and determine the microclimatic contribution of urban open spaces to the city in accordance with climate balanced physical planning criteria. Climatic requirements are investigated by being created bioclimatic comfort maps of Gaziantep city. Ecological suitability and applicability maps are prepared in line with climate balanced physical planning criteria, thereby being created study area, slope and aspect maps. By being made a land use plan based on the applicability map and being used climate based simulation software ENVI-met, the simulations of the area are made and the results are interpreted with correlation and regression analyses. As a result, increase in the quantity of urban green spaces and equity on the spatial distribution of this areas will improve bioclimatic comfort (The warmest hour of the hottest period regression analysis' result is β= -0,384). It has been determined that planning high density plantation in green spaces and selecting densely leaved and broad leaf plants will provide a cooling effect (average 2-3°C) and adding more green spaces in cities will increase the thermal comfort in the city blocks especially where high rise buildings are common. It is confirmed that high rise buildings cause thermal stress (The warmest hour of the hottest period regression analysis' result is β=0,472). Hardscapes have a negative effect on temperature (The warmest hour of the hottest period regression analysis' result is β=0,425).