Perceived and measured adaptationve thermal comfort at an outdoor shaded recreational area in Malaysia

Advanced Materials Research

Volumn 610-613, Issue , 2013, Pages 1083-1086

  Nasir, Rabiatul Adawiyah ^a   Ahmad, Sabarinah Sh ^a   Ahmed, Azni Zain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Hot and humid; Outdoor thermal comfort; Parks; Shaded

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE THERMAL COMFORT; ESSENTIAL COMPONENT; GREEN SPACES; HOT AND HUMID; HOT AND HUMID CLIMATE; HUMAN RESPONSE; MALAYSIA; MICROCLIMATE CONDITIONS; MICROCLIMATIC CONDITIONS; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT; OUTDOOR SPACE; OUTDOOR THERMAL COMFORT; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES; SHADED; THERMAL SENSATIONS;

MATERIALS SCIENCE; PARKS;

THERMAL COMFORT;

EID: 84871859750     PISSN: 10226680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.610-613.1083     Document Type: Conference Paper

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