A Brazilian research project that studies the interaction between the (vertical) urban development in Balneário Camboriú (the “Brazilian Dubai”) and its micro-climatic environment, via the research priorities.

The research priorities:

1. determination of local climatic zones
2. exploring the genesis, intensity, frequency, duration and spatialization of the urban heat island
3. evaluation of human thermal comfort in open spaces
4. monitoring of particulate matter suspended in the urban atmosphere 
5. occurrence of extreme precipitation events that occurred and urban vulnerability
6. projection of future microclimatic scenarios 

This project is lead by Prof. Dr. Cássio Arthur Wollmann (Federal University of Santa Maria, UFSM), in collaboration with Prof. Dr. João Paulo Assis Gobo (the Federal University of Rondônia, UNIR), Prof. Dr. Júlio Barboza Chiquetto (Institute for Advanced Studies / Global Cities Program, IEA-USP), Dr. Salman Shooshtarian (Research Fellow School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia), Davi Hanel Rotilli Junior (Federal University of Santa Catarina) and Dr. Matthias Demuzere (Ruhr-University Bochum).