CITIZEN PARTICIPATIVE RESEARCH METHOD ON URBAN HEAT ISLAND

It is necessary to make a plan that reduce the heat island effect in the medium- and long-terms. And the plan is realized by local citizen who has deeper appreciation of urban thermal environment. In this research we developed method for citizens’ participation about urban thermal environment. One is survey of the urban thermal environment with citizen named “Walking survey” and “Cool spot survey” in Kawasaki-shi Takatsu-ku. The other is WEB system which share outcomes of the survey. Additionally, we got evaluation of participants with hearing investigation.