A simple technique to classify urban locations with respect to human thermal comfort: Proposing the HXG scale

Building and Environment

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1321-1328

  Deb, Chirag ^a   Ramachandraiah, A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Ground cover; Outdoor thermal comfort; Street orientation; Urban microclimate; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

ANOVA-SINGLE FACTOR; EQUIVALENT TEMPERATURE; GROUND COVER; HUMAN THERMAL COMFORT; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; METROPOLITAN CITIES; MICROCLIMATIC CONDITIONS; OUTDOOR THERMAL COMFORT; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PHYSICAL FACTORS; STREET ORIENTATION; SUMMER MONTHS; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN LOCATIONS; URBAN MICROCLIMATE;

THERMAL COMFORT;

URBAN PLANNING;

BOUNDARY LAYER; MICROCLIMATE; SUMMER; URBAN CLIMATE; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING;

CHENNAI; INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 79551586246     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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