How ‘hot’ is too hot? Evaluating acceptable outdoor thermal comfort ranges in an equatorial urban park

• Main Authors: HENG, Su Li, CHOW, Winston T. L.
• 格式: text
• 語言: English
• 出版: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
• 主題: Physiological equivalent temperature; Outdoor thermal comfort; Urban greenery; Acclimatisation; Environmental Sciences
• 在線閱讀: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3055; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4312/viewcontent/Heng_2019_How_hot_is_too_hot_evaluating_accep.pdf

Urban green spaces offer vital ecosystem services such as regulating elevated temperatures in cities. Less information exists, however, on how urban green spaces influence outdoor thermal comfort (OTC), which is dependent on people’s perceptions of the complex interactions amongst ambient humidity,...