A Systematic Review on Human Thermal Comfort and Methodologies for Evaluating Urban Morphology in Outdoor Spaces
The exponential growth of urban populations and city infrastructure globally presents distinct patterns, impacting climate change forecasts and urban climates. This study conducts a systematic review of the literature focusing on human thermal comfort (HTC) in outdoor urban environments. The finding...
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| author | Iago Turba Costa Cassio Arthur Wollmann Luana Writzl Amanda Comassetto Iensse Aline Nunes da Silva Otavio de Freitas Baumhardt João Paulo Assis Gobo Salman Shooshtarian Andreas Matzarakis |
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| description | The exponential growth of urban populations and city infrastructure globally presents distinct patterns, impacting climate change forecasts and urban climates. This study conducts a systematic review of the literature focusing on human thermal comfort (HTC) in outdoor urban environments. The findings indicate a significant surge in studies exploring HTC in open urban spaces in recent decades. While historically centered on Northern Hemisphere cities, there is a recent shift, with discussions extending to various metropolitan contexts in the Southern Hemisphere. Commonly employed urban categorization systems include Sky View Factor (SVF), Height × Width (H/W) ratio, and the emerging Local Climate Zones (LCZs), facilitating the characterization of urban areas and their usage. Various thermal indices, like Physiological Equivalent Temperature (PET), Predicted Mean Vote (PMV), Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI), and Standard Effective Temperature (SET), are frequently utilized in evaluating external HTC in metropolitan areas. These indices have undergone validation in the literature, establishing their reliability and applicability. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9517e3ab0a2a4fb6862925c983d47f042024-03-27T13:31:38ZengMDPI AGClimate2225-11542024-02-011233010.3390/cli12030030A Systematic Review on Human Thermal Comfort and Methodologies for Evaluating Urban Morphology in Outdoor SpacesIago Turba Costa0Cassio Arthur Wollmann1Luana Writzl2Amanda Comassetto Iensse3Aline Nunes da Silva4Otavio de Freitas Baumhardt5João Paulo Assis Gobo6Salman Shooshtarian7Andreas Matzarakis8Department of Geosciences, Natural and Exact Sciences Center, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria 97105-900, BrazilDepartment of Geosciences, Natural and Exact Sciences Center, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria 97105-900, BrazilDepartment of Geosciences, Natural and Exact Sciences Center, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria 97105-900, BrazilDepartment of Geosciences, Natural and Exact Sciences Center, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria 97105-900, BrazilDepartment of Geosciences, Natural and Exact Sciences Center, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria 97105-900, BrazilDepartment of Geosciences, Natural and Exact Sciences Center, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria 97105-900, BrazilDepartment of Geography, Core of Exact Earth Sciences, Federal University of Rondônia, Porto Velho 76801-059, BrazilSchool of Property, Construction and Projetc Management, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Melbourne, VIC 3001, AustraliaInstitute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Freiburg, D-79104 Freiburg, GermanyThe exponential growth of urban populations and city infrastructure globally presents distinct patterns, impacting climate change forecasts and urban climates. This study conducts a systematic review of the literature focusing on human thermal comfort (HTC) in outdoor urban environments. The findings indicate a significant surge in studies exploring HTC in open urban spaces in recent decades. While historically centered on Northern Hemisphere cities, there is a recent shift, with discussions extending to various metropolitan contexts in the Southern Hemisphere. Commonly employed urban categorization systems include Sky View Factor (SVF), Height × Width (H/W) ratio, and the emerging Local Climate Zones (LCZs), facilitating the characterization of urban areas and their usage. Various thermal indices, like Physiological Equivalent Temperature (PET), Predicted Mean Vote (PMV), Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI), and Standard Effective Temperature (SET), are frequently utilized in evaluating external HTC in metropolitan areas. These indices have undergone validation in the literature, establishing their reliability and applicability.https://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/12/3/30systematic reviewhuman thermal comfortverticalizationurban canyonhuman thermal comfortoutdoor thermal comfort |
| spellingShingle | Iago Turba Costa Cassio Arthur Wollmann Luana Writzl Amanda Comassetto Iensse Aline Nunes da Silva Otavio de Freitas Baumhardt João Paulo Assis Gobo Salman Shooshtarian Andreas Matzarakis A Systematic Review on Human Thermal Comfort and Methodologies for Evaluating Urban Morphology in Outdoor Spaces Climate systematic review human thermal comfort verticalization urban canyon human thermal comfort outdoor thermal comfort |
| title | A Systematic Review on Human Thermal Comfort and Methodologies for Evaluating Urban Morphology in Outdoor Spaces |
| title_full | A Systematic Review on Human Thermal Comfort and Methodologies for Evaluating Urban Morphology in Outdoor Spaces |
| title_fullStr | A Systematic Review on Human Thermal Comfort and Methodologies for Evaluating Urban Morphology in Outdoor Spaces |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Systematic Review on Human Thermal Comfort and Methodologies for Evaluating Urban Morphology in Outdoor Spaces |
| title_short | A Systematic Review on Human Thermal Comfort and Methodologies for Evaluating Urban Morphology in Outdoor Spaces |
| title_sort | systematic review on human thermal comfort and methodologies for evaluating urban morphology in outdoor spaces |
| topic | systematic review human thermal comfort verticalization urban canyon human thermal comfort outdoor thermal comfort |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/12/3/30 |
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