Abstract
This paper investigates the capabilities and limitations of different software tools simulating landscape design adaptability. The evaluation of tools is based on the ISO 25010 framework, which investigates software functionality, reliability, performance efficiency, usability, compatibility, and information quality. These quality characteristics of software are analysed during objective experiments where five software tools are used for a case study project at the conceptual design phase. These experiments reveal that the existing software tools for climate adaptation planning are focused on different aspects of climate adaptability, generating different types of information. Moreover, all tools deal with some limitations in terms of compatibility, performance efficiency, and functional operations. The ISO 25010 quality model provides a comprehensive framework to compare the capabilities of different software tools for climate adaptation planning. This paper is part of a wider study including an analysis of the needs of project stakeholders regarding climate adaptation software tools. However, this article focuses on technical capabilities of current climate adaptation software tools.
Highlights
Climate change plays a significant role in the discipline of landscape architecture in terms of climate adaptation
The experiment with different software tools revealed a range of climate adaptation parameters in different software tools
ENVI-met and Ladybug can simulate a wide range of climate aspects including sun, temperature, radiation, wind and thermal comfort, whereas GreenScenario and AST evaluate green and blue measures as well as economic impact
Summary
Climate change plays a significant role in the discipline of landscape architecture in terms of climate adaptation. Climate change causes higher frequency and intensity of floods and storms, leading to increased financial losses [1]. According to the EU [2], the consequences of climate change caused damage to facilities amounting to €95 billion between 2002 and 2012. Climate change challenges societies and planners efficiently and effectively design adaptable cities to solve problems related to floods and heatwaves. This paper addresses climate change characteristics such as temperature, precipitation and droughts. The effectiveness of planned climate adaptation measures depends on other unexpected non-climatic aspects, such as social-ecological systems [5]. Adaptation to climate change is highly complex and requires innovative tools supporting climate services
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