Unregulated Vertical Urban Growth Alters Microclimate: Coupling Building-Scale Digital Surface Models with High-Resolution Microclimate Simulations

Unregulated Vertical Urban Growth Alters Microclimate: Coupling Building-Scale Digital Surface Models with High-Resolution Microclimate Simulations Author(s) Falcão, Jonatas Goulart Marinho; Furtado, Luiz Felipe de Almeida; Barbosa, Gisele Silva; Teixeira Coelho, Luiz CarlosAbstract Rio de Janeiro’s favelas house over 20% of the city’s population in just 5% of its territory, with Rio das Pedras emerging as a critical case study: ranking as Brazil’s fifth most populous favela and its most...