Thermal comfort effects of urban design strategies in high-rise urban environments in a sub-tropical climate

Architectural Science Review

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 285-304

  Yang, Feng ^a,b   Lau, Stephen S Y ^c   Qian, Feng ^a,b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Ministry of Education ^*  (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

ENVI met; Environmental design; physiological equivalent temperature; thermal comfort; urban albedo; vegetation

Indexed keywords

COOLING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVI-MET; ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN; EQUIVALENT TEMPERATURE; FIELD MEASUREMENT; GROUND SURFACES; OPEN SPACE; OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT; OUTDOOR THERMAL COMFORT; THERMAL COMFORT INDEX; THERMAL CONDITION; TREE COVER; URBAN ALBEDO; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; USAGE PATTERNS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORESTRY; PAVEMENTS; PHYSIOLOGY; SOLAR RADIATION; VEGETATION;

THERMAL COMFORT;

FORESTRY; PAVEMENTS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; SIMULATION; SUN LIGHT;

EID: 84860676709     PISSN: 00038628     EISSN: 17589622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00038628.2011.613646     Document Type: Review

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