Table 1.
Climatic and spatial data used in the study of fire behaviour and urban heat for open space in Greater Melbourne.
Fig 1.
Three key planting design elements, and their variations, used to create the planting arrangements tested in this project.
Table 2.
The models and their respective inputs for the study of flammability and human thermal comfort of the open space scenarios.
Fig 2.
Flame height and rate of spread for the four different combinations of understorey.
The data show the mean and standard error for the full combination of canopy species, planting arrangements, mulch depths and slopes.
Fig 3.
Flame height and rate of spread for each of the five canopy species.
The symbols represent the four different combinations of understorey, while the colours represent the different planting arrangements. Each point represents the mean value for the four mulch depth and slope combinations.
Fig 4.
The relationship between sky view factor (SVF) and physiological equivalent temperature (PET).
PET = 35.166 + 2.167(SVF). Each point represents the mean SVF and PET values for each for each canopy species in each planting arrangement taken from multiple hemispherical images and corresponding RayMan outputs. AI = Acacia implexa, EC = Eucalyptus camaldulensis, ES = Eucalyptus sideroxylon, QR = Quercus robur, TL = Tristaniopsis laurina.
Fig 5.
Comparison of rate of spread (m/s) and flame height (m) for the physical equivalent temperature (PET) of each canopy species under the continuous planting arrangment.
AI = Acacia implexa, EC = Eucalyptus camaldulensis, ES = Eucalyptus sideroxylon, QR = Quercus robur, TL = Tristaniopsis laurina.