Kenan Çolak

Urban climate and planning

Open to postdoctoral research and academic collaboration in urban climate, urban morphology and planning.

I am an urban and regional planner and PhD researcher studying how urban form and its change shape urban heat, using satellite remote sensing and spatial analysis. My work builds comparison designs that separate the effect of morphological change from background climate, and connects the findings to planning and legal instruments.

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01Under review

Urban morphology and surface urban heat in Antalya

Question: How are urban morphology and surface urban heat island intensity related when areas whose physical characteristics remain unchanged are used as controls?
Study area: Antalya, Türkiye
Data and methods: Landsat-based land surface temperature, morphological indicators and a stable reference area design (see Methods).

02In progress

Redevelopment around SkyTrain stations in Metro Vancouver

Question: Does redevelopment around SkyTrain stations change surface temperature relative to comparable areas that remained unchanged?
Study area: Metro Vancouver, Canada
Data and methods: Satellite-derived surface temperature and a comparison between redeveloped and similar unchanged areas.

03Planned

Frozen morphology and thermal trajectories in protected European urban areas

Question: How do surface temperature trajectories differ in heritage-protected areas whose morphology stays largely unchanged across European cities?
Study area: A set of European cities (to be selected)
Data and methods: Landsat 8/9 surface temperature, 2013–2026, with a multi-city comparison design.