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Literature

Fenner, D., Mücke, H.-G., Scherer, D. 2015:
Innerstädtische Lufttemperatur als Indikator gesundheitlicher Belastungen in Großstädten am Beispiel Berlins [Inner-city air temperature as an indicator of health stress in major cities, using the example of Berlin]. Umwelt und Mensch – Informationsdienst (UMID), Vol. 1, 30-38.
Internet:
www.umweltbundesamt.de/sites/default/files/medien/378/publikationen/innerstaedtische_lufttemperatur_30-38.pdf [available in German only]
(Accessed on 5 December 2024)

Jendritzky G. 2007:
Folgen des Klimawandels für die Gesundheit [Health impacts of climate change]. In: Endlicher W., Gerstengarbe F.-W. (Eds.): Der Klimawandel – Einblicke, Rückblicke und Ausbli¬cke [Climate change – insights, retrospectives, and prospects]. Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung e.V., Potsdam: pp. 108–118.

LGB [State Survey and Geospatial Information Agency of Brandenburg] 2022a:
Amtliches Liegenschaftskatasterinformationssystem (ALKIS) [Official Real Estate Cadastre Information System (ALKIS)], Potsdam.
Internet:
geobasis-bb.de/lgb/de/geodaten/liegenschaftskataster/alkis/ [available in German only]
(Accessed on 5 December 2024)

LGB [State Survey and Geospatial Information Agency of Brandenburg] 2022b:
Digitales Geländemodell (DGM) [Digital Terrain Model (DTM)], Potsdam.
Internet:
geobasis-bb.de/lgb/de/geodaten/3d-produkte/gelaendemodell/ [available in German only]
(Accessed on 5 December 2024)

Scherber, K. 2014:
Auswirkungen von Wärme- und Luftschadstoffbelastungen auf vollstationäre Patientenaufnahmen und Sterbefälle im Krankenhaus während Sommermonaten in Berlin und Brandenburg [Effects of heat and air pollution on hospital admissions and mortality during summer months in Berlin and Brandenburg]. Dissertation, Geography Department, Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin.

Scherer, D., Fehrenbach, U., Lakes, T., Lauf, S., Meier, F., Schuster, C. 2013:
Quantification of heat-stress related mortality hazard, vulnerability and risk in Berlin, Germany. Die Erde, 144 (3-4), pp. 238-259.
Internet:
www.die-erde.org/index.php/die-erde/article/view/49/pdf_3
(Accessed on 5 December 2024)

SenStadtUm (Senate Department for Urban Development and the Environment Berlin) (Ed.) 2015:
GEO-NET Umweltconsulting GmbH, Hanover: GIS-gestützte Modellierung von stadtklimatisch relevanten Kenngrößen auf der Basis hochaufgelöster Gebäude- und Vegetationsdaten [GIS‑based modelling of parameters relevant to the urban climate, using high‑resolution building and vegetation data]; EFRE Projekt 027 Stadtklima Berlin [ERDF Project 027: Urban Climate Berlin], Final Report.
Internet:
gdi.berlin.de/data/ua_klimabewertung_2015/docs/Projektbericht_StadtklimaBerlin_SenStadtUm_IIID_2015.pdf [available in German only]
(Accessed on 15 April 2026)

SenStadt (Senate Department for Urban Development, Building and Housing Berlin) (Ed.) 2020:
Digitale Color-Infrarot-Orthophotos 2020 (DOP20CIR) – Sommerbefliegung [Digital Colour Infrared Orthophotos, 2020 (DOP20CIR) – aerial photography flight in summer].
Internet: gdi.berlin.de/geonetwork/srv/ger/catalog.search#/metadata/95a1430d-04e9-434b-ba1e-9cd9f0e673b6
(Accessed 5 December 2024)

SenStadt (Senate Department for Urban Development, Building and Housing Berlin) (Ed.) 2021a:
Unkorrigierte Versiegelungsgrade (Rasterdaten) – Zwischenergebnis der regelbasierten Klassifizierung [Preliminary degrees of imperviousness (grid data) – interim results from rule-based classification].
Internet:
www.berlin.de/umweltatlas/en/soil/impervious-soil-coverage/2021/summary/
(Accessed on 5 December 2024)

SenStadt (Senate Department for Urban Development, Building, and Housing Berlin) (Ed.) 2021b:
Stadtentwicklungsplan (StEP) Klima 2.0 (Urban Development Plan (StEP) Climate 2.0).
Internet: www.berlin.de/sen/stadtentwicklung/planung/stadtentwicklungsplaene/step-klima-2-0/ [German]

www.berlin.de/sen/stadtentwicklung/_assets/planung/stadtentwicklungplaene/20230511_step-klima_zusammenfassung-en.pdf [English summary]
(Accessed on 5 December 2024)

SenStadt (Senate Department for Urban Development, Building and Housing Berlin) 2025a:
Stadtklimaanalyse Berlin 2020/2022: Dokumentation der Datengrundlagen, Modellsimulation und Klimaanalyse [Urban climate analysis, Berlin, 2020/2022: Documentation of data sources, model simulations, and climate analysis].
Internet:
www.berlin.de/umweltatlas/_assets/literatur/doku_klimastationen_2022.pdf [only in German]
(Accessed on 22 April 2025)

SenStadt (Senate Department for Urban Development, Building and Housing Berlin) 2025b:
Klimamodellierung 2022: Auswertung von Messdaten ausgewählter Klimastationen in Berlin und Potsdam [Climate modelling, 2022: Evaluation of measurement data from selected climate stations in Berlin and Potsdam].
Internet:
www.berlin.de/umweltatlas/_assets/literatur/doku_klimaanalyse_2022.pdf [only in German]
(Accessed on 22 April 2025)

SenStadt (Senate Department for Urban Development, Building, and Housing Berlin) 2022:
Altersgruppengetrennte Einwohnerdaten 2022 auf Grundlage des Raumbezugs des Informationssystems Stadt und Umwelt (ISU5, 2020) [Population by age group (2022), based on the spatial reference of the Urban and Environmental Information System (ISU5, 2022)].

Statistik BBB 2021:
Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg: ‘Melderechtlich registrierte Einwohnerinnen und Einwohner am Ort der Hauptwohnung am 31.12.2021’ [Office for Statistics Berlin-Brandenburg: ‘Legally registered residents at their main place of residence as of 31 December 2021’].

VDI (Association of German Engineers) 2015:
VDI Guideline 3787, Part 1 Umweltmeteorologie ‒ Klima- und Lufthygienekarten für Städte und Regionen (Environmental meteorology ‒ Climate and air pollution maps for cities and regions).
Internet:
www.vdi.de/richtlinie/vdi_3787_blatt_1-umweltmeteorologie_klima_und_lufthygienekarten_fuer_staedte_und_regionen/ [available in German only]
(Accessed on 5 December 2024)

VDI (Association of German Engineers) 2022:
VDI Guideline 3787, Part 2, Methoden zur human-biometeorologischen Bewertung der thermischen Komponente des Klimas (Environmental meteorology ‒ Methods for human-biometeorological evaluation of the thermal component of the climate), Düsseldorf.
Internet: www.vdi.de/ [available in German only] (Accessed on 3 April 2025)

Maps

SenStadt (Senate Department for Urban Development, Building and Housing Berlin) (Ed.) 2018:
Traffic-Related Air Pollution Along Streets 2020 and, Maps 03.11.2.
Internet:
www.berlin.de/umweltatlas/en/air/traffic-related-emissions-and-immissions/2018/summary/ (Accessed on 12 March 2024)

SenStadt (Senate Department for Urban Development, Building and Housing Berlin) (Ed.) 2020a:
Digital Environmental Atlas Berlin, updated and expanded 2013 Edition, Map 01.11.3 Degree of Naturalness of Soils, Berlin.
Internet:
www.berlin.de/umweltatlas/en/soil/criteria-of-the-soil-functions/2020/maps/
(Accessed 5 December 2024)

SenStadt (Senate Department for Urban Development, Building and Housing Berlin) (Ed.) 2020b:
Environmental Atlas Berlin, Building Heights. Internet: www.berlin.de/umweltatlas/en/land-use/building-heights/
(Accessed on 12 March 2024)

SenStadt (Senate Department for Urban Development, Building and Housing Berlin) (Ed.) 2020c:
Environmental Atlas Berlin, Vegetation Heights. Internet: www.berlin.de/umweltatlas/en/biotopes/vegetation-heights/2020/maps/
(Accessed on 12 March 2024)

SenStadt (Senate Department for Urban Development, Building and Housing Berlin) (Ed.) 2020f:
Availability of Public, Near-residential Green Spaces, Map 06.05.
Internet:
www.berlin.de/umweltatlas/en/land-use/public-green-spaces/2020/maps/ (Accessed on 5 December 2024)

SenStadt (Senate Department for Urban Development, Building and Housing Berlin) (Ed.) 2020g:
Environmental Atlas Berlin, 2020, Map 06.07 Urban Structure, Berlin.
Internet:
www.berlin.de/umweltatlas/en/land-use/urban-structure/2020/maps/
(Accessed on 5 December 2024)

SenStadt (Senate Department for Urban Development, Building and Housing Berlin) (Ed.) 2020h:
Environmental Atlas Berlin, 2020, Map 01. Actual Use of Built-up Areas / Inventory of Green and Open Spaces, Berlin.
Internet:
www.berlin.de/umweltatlas/en/land-use/actual-land-use/2020/maps/
(Accessed 5 December 2024)

Contact

Leilah Haag