A review of mitigating strategies to improve the thermal environment and thermal comfort in urban outdoor spaces

D Lai, W Liu, T Gan, K Liu, Q Chen - Science of the Total Environment, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Urban open space provides various benefits to citizens, but the thermal environment of this
space is impacted by global warming and urban heat islands. A growing number of studies …

A comprehensive review of thermal comfort studies in urban open spaces

D Lai, Z Lian, W Liu, C Guo, W Liu, K Liu… - Science of the Total …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Urban open spaces provide various benefits to large populations in cities. Since thermally
comfortable urban open spaces improve the quality of urban living, an increasing number of …

Machine learning-based prediction of outdoor thermal comfort: Combining Bayesian optimization and the SHAP model

R Guo, B Yang, Y Guo, H Li, Z Li, B Zhou, B Hong… - Building and …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Rising global temperatures have resulted in urban heat waves in recent years, endangering
residents' health and even their lives. As a result, accurate outdoor thermal comfort …

Outdoor human thermal perception in various climates: A comprehensive review of approaches, methods and quantification

O Potchter, P Cohen, TP Lin, A Matzarakis - Science of the Total …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Over the past century, many research studies have been conducted in an attempt to define
thermal conditions for humans in the outdoor environment and to grade thermal sensation …

Variations in outdoor thermal comfort in an urban park in the hot-summer and cold-winter region of China

D Wei, L Yang, Z Bao, Y Lu, H Yang - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Global warming and rapid urbanization have exacerbated the urban heat island effect.
Urban parks contribute to alleviating such an effect and achieving the “carbon emission …

A review of human thermal comfort in the built environment

RF Rupp, NG Vásquez, R Lamberts - Energy and buildings, 2015‏ - Elsevier
The aim of this paper is to review the literature on human thermal comfort in the built
environment. First an overview about the subject area is presented. This is followed by a …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) with selected thermal indices/environmental parameters during 12 months of the year

S Zare, N Hasheminejad, HE Shirvan… - Weather and climate …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Heat stress negatively influences human health and performance, and leading to lower
efficiency in daily activities. The present study sought to examine the relationship between …

Multiple effects of visual-acoustic-thermal perceptions on the overall comfort of elderly adults in residential outdoor environments

M Du, B Hong, C Gu, Y Li, Y Wang - Energy and Buildings, 2023‏ - Elsevier
We selected typical residential outdoor spaces and five common sounds (birdsong, dance
music, traditional opera, conversation and traffic sound) with three A-weighted equivalent …

Outdoor human comfort and thermal stress: A comprehensive review on models and standards

S Coccolo, J Kämpf, JL Scartezzini, D Pearlmutter - Urban Climate, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Outdoor human comfort is an essential parameter to assess the quality of the urban
microclimate, and to provide guidelines for sustainable urban development. This paper …

Study on importance, procedure, and scope of outdoor thermal comfort–A review

P Kumar, A Sharma - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Outdoor thermal comfort (OTC) is an essential aspect to improve the quality of human life in
urban spaces. The goal of this article is to provide insight into the importance, procedure …