Influences of culture and environmental attitude on thermal, emotional and perceptual evaluations of a public square

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 258-268

  Knez, Igor ^a   Thorsson, Sofia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Culture; Environmental assessment; Micro climate; Thermal comfort; Weather

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEATING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JAPAN; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SWEDEN; URBAN POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY TEMPERATURE; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEATING; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; SWEDEN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33646501516     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-006-0024-0     Document Type: Article

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