Research on ecological design to enhance comfort in open spaces of a city (Valencia, Spain). Utility of the physiological equivalent temperature (PET)

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 27-39

  Gomez F ^a   Cueva, A Pérez ^b   Valcuende, M ^a   Matzarakis, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecological urban planning; Human biometeorology; Outdoor thermal comfort; Physiologically equivalent temperature (PET); Urban climate; Valencia (Spain).

Indexed keywords

HUMAN BIOMETEOROLOGY; OUTDOOR THERMAL COMFORT; PHYSIOLOGICALLY EQUIVALENT TEMPERATURES; URBAN CLIMATES; VALENCIA (SPAIN);

CLIMATOLOGY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMAL COMFORT;

URBAN PLANNING;

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; OPEN SPACE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TWENTIETH CENTURY; URBAN AREA; URBAN CLIMATE; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANNING;

COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84877814770     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.04.034     Document Type: Article

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