TY - GEN
T1 - Climate-Responsive Architectural Practices
T2 - 1st Global Scholarship for Sustainable Built Environment Research Conference, SURE Built 2025
AU - Ayo-Odifiri, Solomon Oisasoje
AU - Ebekozien, Andrew
AU - Aigbavboa, Clinton
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2026.
PY - 2026
Y1 - 2026
N2 - The devastating impacts of climate change in urban areas of developing countries, such as the Owerri urban area, have scarcely been addressed methodically. This oversight has persisted, even though it has taken less than a decade to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. Therefore, this study investigated the increasing sensitisation and integration of green spaces (GS) into urban environments using climate-responsive architectural practices (CRAPs) to achieve SDG 13. This study adopted a qualitative research technique, using a questionnaire to survey practising architects in Owerri, Nigeria. The researchers analysed the data collected thematically. The results revealed that public and private residential and commercial building premises in Owerri metropolis were either bare or paved surfaces with scant greenery, with no specific policy for incorporating green spaces in architectural designs. The lack of greenery affects the city’s environmental air quality. The economic, social, and ecological significance of GS would motivate policymakers, stakeholders, and environmental practitioners to recognise and address the processes of incorporating GS and CRAPs. The integration will enhance the city’s and its residents’ health and comfort. This study expanded the research frontiers on green spaces and CRAPs and increased their databases.
AB - The devastating impacts of climate change in urban areas of developing countries, such as the Owerri urban area, have scarcely been addressed methodically. This oversight has persisted, even though it has taken less than a decade to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. Therefore, this study investigated the increasing sensitisation and integration of green spaces (GS) into urban environments using climate-responsive architectural practices (CRAPs) to achieve SDG 13. This study adopted a qualitative research technique, using a questionnaire to survey practising architects in Owerri, Nigeria. The researchers analysed the data collected thematically. The results revealed that public and private residential and commercial building premises in Owerri metropolis were either bare or paved surfaces with scant greenery, with no specific policy for incorporating green spaces in architectural designs. The lack of greenery affects the city’s environmental air quality. The economic, social, and ecological significance of GS would motivate policymakers, stakeholders, and environmental practitioners to recognise and address the processes of incorporating GS and CRAPs. The integration will enhance the city’s and its residents’ health and comfort. This study expanded the research frontiers on green spaces and CRAPs and increased their databases.
KW - CRAP
KW - Climate change
KW - ERT
KW - GS
KW - SDG 13
KW - Urban thermal comfort
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105036372869
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-032-08992-2_42
DO - 10.1007/978-3-032-08992-2_42
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:105036372869
SN - 9783032089915
T3 - Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
SP - 503
EP - 512
BT - Facilitating Inclusivity in Multi-, Inter-, and Transdisciplinary Sustainable Built Environment Research in Emerging Economies - Inclusivity in Sustainable Built Environment Research
A2 - Aigbavboa, Clinton
A2 - Awuzie, Bankole
A2 - Aghimien, Douglas
A2 - Oke, Ayodeji Emmanuel
A2 - Omotayo, Temitope
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Y2 - 4 September 2025 through 5 September 2025
ER -