Outdoor thermal comfort in a hot and humid climate of Colombia: Afield study in Barranquilla

Building and Environment

Volumn 75, Issue , 2014, Pages 142-152

  Villadiego, Kattia ^a   Velay Dabat, Marc André ^b  

^a Institute for Urbanism and Regional Planning (IUAR)   (France)

^b ABC laboratory National School of Architecture   (France)

Author keywords

Local climate zones; Thermal comfort; Thermal sensation; Tropical climate; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

SURVEYS; TROPICS; URBAN PLANNING; WIND;

CLIMATE CONDITION; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; HOT AND HUMID CLIMATE; LOCAL CLIMATE; OUTDOOR THERMAL COMFORT; THERMAL SENSATION VOTES; THERMAL SENSATIONS; TROPICAL CLIMATES;

THERMAL COMFORT;

FIELD SURVEY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; OUTDOOR RECREATION; PEDESTRIAN; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPICAL REGION; URBAN PLANNING;

COLOMBIA;

EID: 84896884008     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.01.017     Document Type: Article

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