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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Outdoor thermal comfort"”.
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Outdoor thermal comfort index in Malaysian urban areas
… due to urban heat island phenomenon. These thermal environmental problems can be even more challenging to people living in urban areas with tropical hot and humid climatic conditions throughout the year. Buildings in urban area is one of the major elements that contributes to the heat stress …
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Dependence of outdoor thermal comfort on street design in hot and dry climate
… of street design toward the development of a comfortable microclimate at street level for pedestrians. The work is design-oriented and seeks to provide a quantitative knowledge readily interpretable from the perspective of urban designers. Street geometries are investigated, including various …
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On the Relationship Between Spatial-Temporal Outdoor Thermal Comfort Simulations and Bike Ridership
Predicting resident comfort throughout a city over time and predicting the impact of these thermal sensations on mobility mode choice are key information required by urban planners and policy makers to promote and implement thermal comfort concepts. The Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) has …
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Urban Design and Outdoor Thermal Comfort in Warm Climates. Studies in Fez and Colombo
… leads to several problems, including increased thermal stress. This has negative consequences for people's health and well-being, and affects social and commercial outdoor activities negatively. Consequently, the creation of thermally comfortable microclimates in urban environments is highly …
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Towards comfortable and walkable cities : spatially resolved outdoor thermal comfort analysis linked to travel survey-based human activity schedules
Outdoor thermal comfort can influence human powered mobility choices, namely walking and biking. As more people are living in cities than ever before in human history, the urban environments we erect and populate are unfortunately contributing to phenomena such as climate change, which is …
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Mitigating urban heat island effects : An analysis of precinct ventilation performance and its impact on urban heat islands and outdoor thermal comfort
… potential of wind to alleviate UHIs and improve outdoor thermal comfort in precincts. To fill such gaps, this research first develops a framework for analysing precinct ventilation performance and its impact on UHIs and outdoor thermal comfort. The framework addresses the relationships among …
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Controlling solar radiation through urban form manipulation to improve thermal performance of outdoor spaces in Upper Egypt
… the arid climate that they are situated in. The thermally stressful conditions resulting from this can have negative implications on sustainable lifestyles and energy consumption. Nonetheless, expansions are currently being planned following the same trends for these deserted ghost towns. On the …
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Passive enhancement of air flow at pedestrian level in built environments
… induced by buildings. Urban street canyons, the outdoor spaces formed between buildings, often have much lower wind speed than the atmospheric wind above the roof level. In tropical regions, wind plays an important role to improve outdoor thermal comfort of urban inhabitants by increasing the …
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Enriching Urban Thermal Experience: Thermal Pleasure Around Urban Public Places
Positive urban thermal experience depends on both the non-extremity and variability of thermal stress in the built environment. To date, the majority of outdoor thermal comfort research has proposed to mitigate thermal extremes while overlooking the contribution from the richness of thermal …
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An approach to building façade design to enhance acoustic and thermal comfort at the urban microscale
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment