Thermal Comfort in Urban Open Spaces for Hong Kong

Architectural Science Review

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 236-242

  Cheng, V ^a   Ng, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Thermal comfort; Urban open spaces; Urban planning; Wind chill; Wind force

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749366011     PISSN: 00038628     EISSN: 17589622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/asre.2006.4932     Document Type: Article

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