LANDSCAPEARCHITECTUREFRONTIERS/PAPERS045ConstructionofClimateAdaptabilityEvaluationIndicatorSystemforUrbanSpacesintheSevereColdZonesofChina—ACaseStudyontheCentralAreaofHarbinhttps://doi.org/10.15302/J-LAF-1-020062*CORRESPONDINGAUTHORAddress:Rm.111,66WestDazhiStreet,NangangDistrict,Harbin,HeilongjiangProvince,ChinaEmail:hityq@126.comJIANGCunyan1,2,LENGHong1,2,YUANQing1,2,*1SchoolofArchitecture,HarbinInstituteofTechnology,Harbin150006,China2KeyLaboratoryofNationalTerritoryandSpatialPlanningandEcologicalRestorationinColdRegions,HarbinInstituteofTechnology,Harbin150006,ChinaGRAPHICALABSTRACTRegionalclimatecharacteristicsTransportationsystemConstructionsGreenandopenspacesLanduseAccommodationManagedretreatProtectionandrestorationSeverecoldclimateAcceleratedclimatechangeUrbanspatialelementsAffectArrangeAdaptClimateadaptationstrategiesSpatialpatternofclimateadaptabilityofthecentralareaofHarbinProtectionandrestorationAccommodationManagedretreatImprovementofclimateadaptabilityofurbanspacesintheseverecoldzonesofChinaHIGHLIGHTS·Considersbothclimatechangeandregionalclimatecontexts·Adaptsthroughprotectionandrestoration,accommodation,andmanagedretreat·ConstructsclimateadaptabilityevaluationindicatorsystemforseverecoldzonesofChina·EvaluatesclimateadaptabilityofurbanspacesinHarbin·ProposesclimateadaptationstrategiesforseverecoldzonesofChinaRECEIVEDDATE2021-10-09KEYWORDSSevereColdZones;UrbanSpaces;ClimateAdaptability;EvaluationIndicatorSystem;AdaptationStrategies046VOLUME10/ISSUE4/AUGUST20221IntroductionClimatechangehaslastingeffectsontheenvironmentduetotheinertiaofclimatesystem[1][2].IntergovernmentalPanelonClimateChange(IPCC)pointedoutthatclimateadaptationmeasuresareimportantindealingwithfutureclimatechangeimpacts[1][3],particularlyforurbanareas[4].Atpresent,researchersworldwidehavecontributedtothestudiesonclimatechangeadaptability,andcountriessuchasDenmark,NewZealand,andCanadahaveproposedclimateadaptationstrategiesoractionframeworksfordomesticmajorcities[5]~[8].Definingan...