A quantitative and qualitative thermal comfort assessment in urban public squares of the inhabitants of desert regions

Abstract

This article examines the indicators of residents' needs for thermal comfort in public spaces. Our hypothesis focuses on the extent to which high temperatures are associated with the use of public spaces by different age groups of the population. The public squares that distinguish the urban areas of the case study were selected based on their importance and location in the city center. The research methodology is based on numerous research techniques: in situ measurements, observation schemes and questionnaires. The most important results obtained for a better design of the public square must be adapted to the needs of the user taking into account essential elements such as the quality of the equipment of the place, the type and density of the vegetation, the inclusion of water bodies and the perception of the inhabitants...etc, in addition to giving importance and highlighting the social and cultural aspects and the identity of the region.

An Investigation of thermal comfort and assessment of energy consumption in individual vernacular and modern living space

“…To be in the world is to accept the world in its different spatial, temporal and coexistent dimensions, i.e. one should not limit oneself to one dimension, one should expand and deepen in all dimensions [2]. So, a habitable space is a space with a well-defined use which is habitation, but in such a way as to be with the world and not just to be in a world; it is therefore coexistence: being in and with the world [3].…”