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Urban design in favor of human thermal comfort for hot arid climate using advanced simulation methods

Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2017
Improving outdoor human thermal comfort could be considered as one of the most important targets for achieving successful open space designs. In hot arid climate, residential neighborhoods are responsible for the high request of energy to provide cooling
Asmaa Barakat, Hany Ayad, Zeyad El-Sayed
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Outdoor thermal comfort research in urban areas of Central and Southeast Europe: A review [PDF]

Geographica Pannonica, 2019
Constant urban population growth and intensive urbanization lead to increased pressure on urban areas leading to uncomfortable living conditions. The quality of urban living conditions often depends on the thermal comfort of the open urban spaces, which ...
Dunjić Jelena
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Study on the Impact of Design Factors of Piloti Forms on the Thermal Environment in Residential Quarters

Buildings
According to piloti design, the outdoor thermal environment can be improved in cities with hot summer conditions. Taking Chinese cities with a hot summer and cold winter as the research object, this paper discusses the improvement of the outdoor thermal ...
Jinhan Li, Xiaofang Shan, Qinli Deng
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Development of adaptive thermal comfort model for urban park based on field survey and literature review

Frontiers in Built Environment
Global warming has caused an increase in extreme heatwaves. Research on outdoor thermal comfort in urban parks has been carried out in different countries under various climatic conditions. However, there is lack of information on outdoor thermal comfort
Rupendra Subedi, Hom B. Rijal, Supriya Khadka, Naja Aqilah, Prativa Lamsal   +4 more
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Introducing the T-MCCR Index for Evaluating Urban Thermal Comfort and Morphological Performance

Urban Science
Urban morphology plays a key role in shaping outdoor thermal comfort, especially as cities experience increasing heat stress under climate change. While the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) is widely applied in outdoor thermal comfort studies ...
Hossein Abdeyazdan, Daniele Santucci
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Identifying priority areas for optimizing the urban thermal environment by considering the impacts of the built environment on outdoor thermal comfort

Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering
The thermal environment effect poses great threats to the sustainable development of cities. It is crucial to identify the priority areas for optimizing the urban thermal environment as a strategy to mitigate this effect effectively.
Ninglong You
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Behavioural Perspectives of Outdoor Thermal Comfort in Urban Areas: A Critical Review

Atmosphere, 2019
The thermal characteristics of outdoor urban spaces and the street networks connecting them are vital to the assessment of the liveability and sustainability of cities.
Mohamed H. Elnabawi, Neveen Hamza
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Thermal comfort in outdoor urban parks of Kathmandu

E3S Web of Conferences
Urban parks are an important part of public green spaces and are frequently used by visitors for outdoor recreation and activities. Although Nepal has many urban parks that attract many visitors, the availability of data regarding outdoor thermal comfort remains lacking.
Subedi Rupendra, Rijal Hom Bahadur, Norhayati Abdullah   +2 more
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An Open-Source Urban Digital Twin for Enhancing Outdoor Thermal Comfort in the City of Huelva (Spain)

Smart Cities
Climate change and urbanization are intensifying the urban heat island effect and negatively impacting outdoor thermal comfort in cities. Innovative planning strategies are required to design more livable and resilient urban spaces.
Victoria Patricia Lopez-Cabeza, Marta Videras-Rodriguez, Sergio Gomez-Melgar   +2 more
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Study on the Prediction and Improvement of Indoor Natural Light and Outdoor Comfort in Apartment Complexes Using Daylight Factor and Physiologically Equivalent Temperature Indices

Energies, 2018
Urbanization has intensified population concentration, and the quality of residential environments has deteriorated owing to the accelerated construction of high-rise and high-density buildings.
Suk-jin Jung, Seong-hwan Yoon
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