Developing a thermal atlas for climate-responsive urban design based on empirical modeling and urban morphological analysis

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 111, Issue , 2016, Pages 120-130

  Yang, Feng ^a,b   Chen, Liang ^c  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Ministry of Education ^*  (China)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Microclimate; Thermal comfort; Urban climatology; Urban design; Urban morphology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DESIGN; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEAT SINKS; LAND USE; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PROXIMITY INDICATORS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THERMAL COMFORT; URBAN PLANNING;

EMPIRICAL REGRESSION MODEL; METEOROLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; MICROCLIMATE; PHYSIOLOGICAL EQUIVALENT TEMPERATURES; URBAN CLIMATOLOGY; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN HEAT ISLAND INTENSITIES; URBAN MORPHOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84949428506     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2015.11.047     Document Type: Article

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