Thermal comfort in urban streets with trees under hot summer conditions

22nd International Conference, PLEA 2005: Passive and Low Energy Architecture - Environmental Sustainability: The Challenge of Awareness in Developing Societies, Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 699-704

  Ali Toudert, Fazia ^a   Mayer, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arid climate; ENVI met; Numerical modelling; Pedestrian comfort; PET; Urban canyon microclimate; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

AIR HUMIDITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; ALGERIA; ARID CLIMATES; ENVI-MET; HEAT STRESS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; PEDESTRIAN COMFORT; PHYSIOLOGICALLY EQUIVALENT TEMPERATURES; SHORT WAVES; THERMAL DIFFERENCES; URBAN CANYONS; URBAN STREETS; WIND SPEED;

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; FORESTRY; NUMERICAL MODELS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; THERMAL COMFORT; VEGETATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 74249103402     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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