Field study of human thermal perception in urban parks in Singapore

International Journal of Sustainable Building Technology and Urban Development

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 125-133

  Yang, Wei ^a   Wong, Nyuk Hien ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

comfortable wind speed; correlation analysis; neutral temperature; thermal perception; urban parks

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CORRELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; PARK DESIGN; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC SPACE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WIND VELOCITY;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 84905961031     PISSN: 2093761X     EISSN: 20937628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2093761X.2013.768184     Document Type: Article

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