A Review on the Impacts of Urban Heat Islands on Outdoor Thermal Comfort

The worsening urban heat island (UHI) effect poses a great challenge to the thermal comfort of people outdoors. However, there has not been a summary of the mechanisms by which UHI affects outdoor thermal comfort (OTC). This paper reviews the commonly used OTC evaluation indexes, data collection met...

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Main Authors: Jianlin Ren, Kaizhe Shi, Zhe Li, Xiangfei Kong, Haizhu Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-05-01
Series:Buildings
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/13/6/1368

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