Main tasks

In order to reach the above objectives, VURCA project will be split into 5 main tasks and few subtasks as summarized in the table below .

Task 0	Project coordination
Task 1	Improve the TEB urban climate model 1a Modelling the urban green space in TEB 1b The air conditioning module 1c The thermal index of human body
Task 2	Improving the NEDUM-1D urban development economic model
Task 3	Assessing city vulnerability to heat waves events 3a Simulating Paris urban climate for several synthetic heat waves 3b Building the urban heat wave seriousness indicator 3c Analyzing the path of the urban heat wave indicator in the future climate
Task 4	Defining city adaptation strategies 4a Building adaptation measures 4b Urban structure adaptation strategies 4c Economic and structural characteristics of the adaptation scenarios
Task 5	Evaluating the benefits from development and adaptation strategies 5a Simulating heat waves according to adaptation strategies 5b Defining an indicator for the city vulnerability to heat waves 5c Key insights and policy implications

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