Influence of urban planning regulations on the microclimate in a hot dry climate: The example of Damascus, Syria

Yahia, Moohammed Wasim; Johansson, Erik

doi:10.1007/s10901-012-9280-y

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“…One is that the buildings in the model are not parameterized as thermal mass and heat storage is not calculated. Moreover, the albedo and the thermal transmittance cannot be assigned to individual building element separately [44,45] . These disadvantages of the model limit its use to daytime situation and unsuited for nocturnal cooling and UHI analysis [46] .…”

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Urban tree design approaches for mitigating daytime urban heat island effects in a high-density urban environment

Tan

Lau

2016

Energy and Buildings

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Section: Model Validationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Urban tree design approaches for mitigating daytime urban heat island effects in a high-density urban environment

Tan

Lau

2016

Energy and Buildings

377

149

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“…Planners should be alerted by reports of dangerous heat levels in some Southwestern cities (Garfin et al 2013), plus growing evidence that building densities in desert cities can trap night-time heat, particularly in street canyons (e.g. Pearlmutter 1998;Pearlmutter and Berliner 2000;Ali-Toudert et al 2005;Stone, Hess, and Frumpkin 2010;Chow, Brennan, and Brazel 2012;Yahia and Johansson 2012). Moreover, local planners have few examples of compact settlements to learn from in the Phoenix area, since low-density lifestyles have been a traditional norm since the early years of Southwestern cities (Gober 2010).…”

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Desert New Urbanism: testing for comfort in downtown Tempe, Arizona

Crewe

Brazel

Middel

2016

Journal of Urban Design

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school of geographical sciences and urban Planning, arizona state university, Tempe, aZ, usa ABSTRACT Outdoor human comfort is determined for the remodelled downtown of Tempe, Arizona, USA, an acclaimed example of New Urbanist infill. The authors desired to know whether changes were accompanied by more comfortable conditions, especially in hot, dry summer months. The physiological equivalent temperature provided an assessment of year-round outdoor human comfort. Building compactness and tree shade that became part of the changes in the downtown provided more overall daytime human comfort than open nearby streets; however some downtown sites were less comfortable at night, but below 40°C, a threshold for human comfort in this desert environment.

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“…Nonetheless, the study lacked a reflection on the socio-economic background of respondents and how they might regularly use mechanical cooling and heating systems to achieve thermal comfort [25]. Yahia and Johansson (2013) evaluated human behaviour using different thermal indices by investigating various thermal environments in the hot climate of Damascus, Syria, during the summer and winter [92]. They took field measurements of the main micrometeorological parameter, and also employed field questionnaires and observation.…”

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Behavioural Perspectives of Outdoor Thermal Comfort in Urban Areas: A Critical Review

Elnabawi

Hamza

2019

Atmosphere

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The thermal characteristics of outdoor urban spaces and the street networks connecting them are vital to the assessment of the liveability and sustainability of cities. When urban spaces are thermally comfortable, city dwellers spend more time outdoors. This has several benefits for human health and wellbeing, also reducing indoor energy consumption and contributing to local economy. Studies on outdoor thermal comfort have highlighted the need to develop interdisciplinary frameworks that integrate physical, physiological, psychological, and social parameters to assist urban planners and designers in design decisions. In this paper, an extensive literature review of outdoor thermal comfort studies over the past decade was undertaken, including both rational and adaptive thermal comfort approaches, from the contextualize the behaviour perspectives related to the use of urban space. Consequently, the paper suggests a comprehensive framework for evaluating the relationship between the quantitative and qualitative parameters linking the microclimatic environment with subjective thermal assessment and social behaviour. The framework aims to contribute to the development of exclusive thermal comfort standards for outdoor urban settings.

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Influence of urban planning regulations on the microclimate in a hot dry climate: The example of Damascus, Syria

Cited by 65 publications

References 20 publications

Urban tree design approaches for mitigating daytime urban heat island effects in a high-density urban environment

Urban tree design approaches for mitigating daytime urban heat island effects in a high-density urban environment

Desert New Urbanism: testing for comfort in downtown Tempe, Arizona

Behavioural Perspectives of Outdoor Thermal Comfort in Urban Areas: A Critical Review

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