Resilience of outdoor spaces in an era of climate change: The problem of developing countries

Abstract

This paper recommends expanding research on the interrelations between climate change, cities, culture and the way climate change influences participants' thermal, emotional and perceptual well-being in public spaces as a key step in developing contextual design codes for outdoor public spaces. Proposing a general framework to address climate challenges in developing countries, the paper advocates focusing on the developing world, where outdoor spaces are extremely vulnerable and available studies are scarce. © 2013 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.