@unpublished{theses_frw4755,
            year = {2024},
          author = {Martijn Keijer},
           title = {Low-traffic, high-resilience: leveraging spatial design for climate resilience},
        abstract = {This research aims to examine how low-traffic zones can be made more climate-resilient by attempting to answer the main research question: How do the design features and infrastructure interventions along Westerkade street in Groningen contribute to the area's climate resilience and adaptation as a low-traffic zone? In addition to a literature review, the Westerkade in Groningen is taken as a case study and the ongoing project about the area by the municipality of Groningen is discussed. The area faces issues regarding water management, and the urban heat island effect and is to receive a new design to make it more in line with the low-traffic nature of the street. To deal with these issues, the new design of the area aims to connect seamlessly to the larger transport networks of the rest of the city and includes infrastructure made of durable materials while providing adequate facilities for pedestrians and cyclists alike. The problems of extreme precipitation can only partly be solved through the use of rain gardens and greenery, but the area will only be able to deal with 385m3 out of the 900 m3 of rain a 100-year storm will cause. Greenery and a tactical use of shade will in turn help deal with the effects of the urban heat island effect. The results show that making an area 100\% resilient will not be possible. Planners should not aim at designing one final indefinite solution. The battle of climate resilience is a continuous cycle, adapting and evolving to address the ever-changing environmental challenges we face.},
             url = {https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4755/}
}