Thermal sensation of people performing recreational activities in shadowy environment: a case study from Turkey

Toy, Süleyman; Yılmaz, Sevgi

doi:10.1007/s00704-009-0220-z

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“…[38] compared the application of PET on different cities and climatic conditions, such as Freiburg and Munich in Germany; Athens, Greece and Albuquerque, USA. Several other studies involving the PET index have been applied to subtropical arid environments: Ezrum, Turkey [39]; Lisbon, Portugal [40]; Fez, Morocco [41] and Sydney, Australia [42]. Regional bioclimatic studies or country spatial analyses using the PET index have been also undertaken, for example, in Argentina [43] and in Hungary [44].…”

Section: Thermal Comfortmentioning

confidence: 99%

Green Areas and Microscale Thermal Comfort in Arid Environments: A Case Study in Mendoza, Argentina

Puliafito

Bochaca²,

Allende³

et al. 2013

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A series of mobile and stationary meteorological measurements were performed in the city of Mendoza, Argentina to study the local influence of green areas on the urban canopy layer heat island effect at the micro scale, during the Austral summer of [2003][2004][2005]. These results were associated in representative local climate zones (LCZ), which helped to identify different thermal conditions within the city. The physiologically equivalent temperature index was used to determine the thermal comfort in each LCZ, showing that during daylight, trees and parks improve thermal comfort through shading and evapotranspiration; but at the same time, urban tree corridors delay night cooling by retaining warm air beneath their canopies. Also irrigation showed to positively influence on the extension and intensity of the cooling effect of rural areas and parks. The cooling influence of an urban park spreads out through the neighborhoods for 800 -1000 m, with an average temperature decrease of 1.3˚C during daytime and >4.0˚C at nighttime.

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Section: Thermal Comfortmentioning

confidence: 99%

Green Areas and Microscale Thermal Comfort in Arid Environments: A Case Study in Mendoza, Argentina

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Bochaca²,

Allende³

et al. 2013

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“…Although the index seems to be old, it was deliberately chosen to compare thermal comfort conditions under different canopy types. Since this index has the capability of giving direct, rather than predictive, results of thermal comfort conditions relying only on temperature and humidity values practically and conveniently with the measurements, where only temperatures were obtained and relative humidity values were calculated from these values, it could give simple and precise results by which some opinions about the conditions can be gained as in other studies such as Unger, 1999;Toy et al, 2007;Yilmaz et al, 2007, Toy and Yilmaz, 2010and Antoniou et al, 2008. In fact, before choosing the suitable thermal comfort index, calculations were carried out according to two different indices, PET (Physiologically Equivalent Temperature) and THI (Thermo hygrometric Index).…”

Section: Calculation Of Human Thermal Comfort Conditionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…mainly by the Chicago Urban Forest Project, McPherson et al, 1994;Simpson et al, 1994;Honjo and Takakura, 1990;Canton et al, 1994;Taha, 1997;Bruse and Fleer, 1998;Scott et al, 1999;Shashua-Bar and Hoffman, 2000;Heisler and Wang, 2002;Streiling and Matzarakis, 2003;Ali-Toudert and Mayer, 2007;Toy et al, 2007). Differences in climatic elements between tree canopy and open spaces have been detected at various rates (Myrup et al, 1993;Simpson et al, 1994;Scott et al, 1999;Streiling and Matzarakis, 2003;Yilmaz et al, 2007, Toy andYilmaz, 2010). Effects of tree covers on human climatic and bioclimatic environment can occur in two different mechanisms mainly by directly shading the ground surface and indirectly by supplying humidity (Lee, 1978;Oke, 1987).…”

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Evaluation of different thermal conditions based on THI under different kind of tree types – as a specific case in a Ata Botanic Garden in eastern Turkey

Irmak¹,

Yılmaz²,

Yılmaz³

et al. 2013

Global NEST Journal

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Outdoor recreation is an important issue for people living in areas where they face problems caused by harsh climatic features like the city of Erzurum. The aim of this study was to determine the favourable features of tree species, which can grow in the city, for human bioclimatic comfort conditions. For this aim, measurements of climatic elements (temperature, humidity, and wind) were carried out under different tree canopies in the Ataturk University Ata Botanic Garden in July and August 2008. For the calculation of bioclimatic conditions, one of the most widely used indices, THI (Thermo hygrometric Index) was used based solely on the data of clear and calm days during the measurement period. From the results of the study, it was found that the canopy of Scotch pine trees can provide the most comfortable environment by increasing human thermal condition by 5.1 %, followed by Silver birch trees by 3.8 % which increased human thermal condition when compared to open space while mixed canopy did not give the respective results. Some suggestions about the use of plant materials in recreational areas are presented.

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“…The outdoor recreation in urban environments is of special importance (Toy and Yilmaz, 2010) and the use of green spaces by the visitors of the surrounding build up areas offers social and psychological benefits. Likewise, in the urban centers of Greece, mainly during the summer, the inhabitants like to spend their leisure time outdoors in advantageous comfortable environments.…”

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Bioclimatic conditions under different ground cover types in the greater Athens area, Greece

Kamoutsis¹,

Matsoukis

Chronopoulos³

2013

Global NEST Journal

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This research aims to investigate the bioclimatic conditions in different ground cover types in the greater Athens area, Greece: a major street with heavy traffic (MS), an adjacent pedestrian street (PS) with irrigated plants and an urban park. Four sites were selected: one in each of the streets, and two in the park, one of which is covered by irrigated plants (IPS) while the other is covered by non-irrigated plants (NIPS). Air temperature and relative humidity were monitored in each site during the periods of July-August and September-October of the years 2009 and 2010. These parameters were used for the calculation of the thermohygrometric index based on which bioclimatic conditions were evaluated. The "Hot" class prevailed at all sites during the July-August period while similar bioclimatic conditions detected at all environments with irrigated plants at the aforementioned period. During autumn, the "Comfortable" class prevailed at the PS and the urban park compared to the MS. The findings of our study could provide useful information for the design of outdoor spaces with irrigated vegetation as well as for the plantation and irrigation of plant species on city roads with heavy traffic.

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Thermal sensation of people performing recreational activities in shadowy environment: a case study from Turkey

Cited by 29 publications

References 38 publications

Green Areas and Microscale Thermal Comfort in Arid Environments: A Case Study in Mendoza, Argentina

Green Areas and Microscale Thermal Comfort in Arid Environments: A Case Study in Mendoza, Argentina

Evaluation of different thermal conditions based on THI under different kind of tree types – as a specific case in a Ata Botanic Garden in eastern Turkey

Bioclimatic conditions under different ground cover types in the greater Athens area, Greece

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