Immersed in microclimatic space: Microclimate experience and perception of spatial configurations in Dutch squares

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-15

  Lenzholzer, Sanda ^a   Koh, Jusuck ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive map; Microclimate; Outdoor space; Perception; Spatial configuration; Urban design

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; SENSORY PERCEPTION; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

COGNITIVE MAPS; MICROCLIMATE; OUTDOOR SPACE; SPATIAL CONFIGURATION; URBAN DESIGN;

THERMAL COMFORT;

MAP GRAPHICS; MICROCLIMATE; OUTDOOR RECREATION; PERCEPTION; SPATIAL COGNITION; URBAN DESIGN;

SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75349113168     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2009.10.013     Document Type: Article

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