Daily and seasonal climatic conditions of green urban open spaces in the Mediterranean climate and their impact on human comfort

Building and Environment

Volumn 51, Issue , 2012, Pages 285-295

  Cohen, Pninit ^a   Potchter, Oded ^a,b   Matzarakis, Andreas ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BEIT BERL COLLEGE   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mediterranean climate; Physiological equivalent temperature; Thermal comfort; Urban parks; Urban square; Well treed park

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CLIMATIC VARIABLES; COOLING EFFECTS; DENSE CANOPY; EFFECTIVE TOOL; EQUIVALENT TEMPERATURE; HUMAN COMFORTS; HUMAN THERMAL COMFORT; MAXIMUM COOLING; MEAN RADIANT TEMPERATURE; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; OPEN SPACE; PHYSIOLOGICAL EQUIVALENT TEMPERATURE; STREET CANYON; TEL AVIV , ISRAEL; THERMAL SENSATIONS; URBAN PARKS; URBAN SITE; URBAN SPACES; URBAN SQUARE; VEGETATION COVER;

CLIMATOLOGY; FORESTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMAL COMFORT;

PARKS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE VARIATION; GREENSPACE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; OPEN SPACE; PHYSIOLOGY; STREET CANYON; SUMMER; VEGETATION COVER; WINTER;

FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ISRAEL; TEL AVIV;

EID: 84155182984     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.11.020     Document Type: Article

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