Heat stress in urban areas: Indoor and outdoor temperatures in different urban structure types and subjectively reported well-being during a heat wave in the city of Leipzig

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 167-177

  Franck, Ulrich ^a   Krüger, Michael ^b   Schwarz, Nina ^a   Grossmann, Katrin ^a   Röder, Stefan ^a   Schlink, Uwe ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heat perception; Indoor and outdoor air temperatures; Types of urban housing structures; Urban green space; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT; INDOOR AND OUTDOOR AIRS; OUTDOOR-AIR TEMPERATURE; SUBJECTIVE PERCEPTIONS; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; URBAN GREEN SPACES; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN HOUSING;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GLOBAL WARMING; HOUSING; SPACE HEATING; THERMAL COMFORT; THERMAL STRESS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENSPACE; HEAT ISLAND; INDOOR AIR; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; URBAN AREA; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN CLIMATE; URBAN HOUSING;

GERMANY; LEIPZIG; SAXONY;

EID: 84880579154     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2013/0384     Document Type: Conference Paper

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