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Applied Sciences, 2022 Sanitary issues, combined with the effects of climate change, emphasize the comfort of outdoor spaces in cities. Numerous comfort models exist and can predict thermal sensation.
José Sánchez Ramos +5 more
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Assessment of the Outdoor Thermal Comfort in Oases Settlements [PDF]
Atmosphere, 2020 Oases throughout the world have become important ecosystems to replenish food and water supplies. The Saharan Oases exist above the largest underground water supplies in the World. In North Africa, oases witness significantly growing populations in the oasis towns and receive thousands of tourists yearly.
Mohamed Elhadi Matallah +3 more
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Frontiers in Bioscience, 2011 A review of the various approaches in understanding outdoor thermal comfort is presented. The emphasis on field surveys from around the world, particularly across Europe, enables us to understand thermal perception and evaluate outdoor thermal comfort conditions.
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Impact of climate change on outdoor thermal comfort in cities in united states [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2020 Since urban open spaces provide various benefits to the citizens, it is necessary to improve the outdoor thermal comfort in urban open spaces. However, global warming increases heat stress and at the same time decrease cold stress of outdoor spaces.
Huang Yuqiao +3 more
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Thermal comfort investigation of an outdoor air-conditioned area in a hot and arid environment [PDF]
, 2017 Thermal comfort in hot and arid outdoor environments is an industrial challenging field. An outdoor air-conditioned area was designed and built to host sport and social events during summers 2014 and 2015 in Qatar. This article presents a thermal comfort
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Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022 Considerations of urban microclimate and thermal comfort are necessary for urban development, and a set of guidelines for a comfortable microclimate must be developed.
Kunming Li +7 more
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Assessment of predicted versus measured thermal comfort and optimal comfort ranges in the outdoor environment in the temperate climate of Glasgow, UK [PDF]
, 2014 In a warming world, the risk of overheating is significant in temperate climate areas such as Glasgow, UK where adaptation to overheating is low. An easy-to-use thermal comfort evaluation is therefore a necessary first step towards developing effective ...
Drach, Patricia +2 more
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The influence of bioclimatic urban redevelopment on outdoor thermal comfort. [PDF]
, 2017 One of the greatest environmental challenges for the sustainability of future cities is the mitigation of the urban heat island phenomenon and thus, improvement of outdoor comfort conditions for people.
Dimoudi, Argyro +2 more
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Research on Kindergarten Architectural Layout in Hot and Humid Regions Based on Outdoor Thermal Comfort Simulation [PDF]
E3S Web of ConferencesSufficient outdoor activities are beneficial for the comprehensive development of young children. The high summer temperatures and humidity in hot and humid regions pose a challenge to outdoor comfort.
Chen Junchi, Chen Changyong
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Microclimate Optimization of School Campus Landscape Based on Comfort Assessment
Buildings, 2022 The outdoor wind environment and thermal environment are important factors affecting human comfort in cold winter conditions. The spatial layout of plant communities plays an important role in improving the outdoor microclimate and improving outdoor ...
Bo Sun +6 more
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