Simulation of the urban thermal comfort in a high density tropical city: Analysis of the proposed urban construction rules for Dhaka, Bangladesh

Building Simulation

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 291-305

  Kakon, Anisha Noori ^a,b   Mishima, Nobuo ^a   Kojima, Shoichi ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

air temperature; relative humidity; simulation; sky view factor (SVF); temperature humidity index (THI); thermal climate; urban canyon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863005607     PISSN: 19963599     EISSN: 19968744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12273-009-9321-y     Document Type: Article

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