Modeling Urban Eco-Environment Control through Zoning

Abstract:

This article proposes a simulate-based model that explains urban eco-environment change through zoning control tools. It readjusts some items of zoning control, such as building coverage ratio, green plot ratio, and water areas ratio, then simulates its effect for local climate indicator, hydrology indicator, carbon storage and sequestration, biodiversity indicator etc. The results showed that the greatest influence on ecological performance was increasing green plot ratios, and it also has a multiple effect when particularly use cumulative methods.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 182-183)
• Pages: 975-980
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.182-183.975
• Online since: June 2012
• Authors: Hsiao Tung Chang
• Keywords: Biodiversity, Carbon Storage, Surface Runoff Store, Urban Eco-Environment, Urban Heat Island, Zoning Control

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