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 …

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 …

Outdoor spaces play important roles in daily lives, and the use of these spaces is
determined largely by outdoor thermal comfort. Few studies have been conducted on …

In this paper we review instruments and methods used to assess outdoor thermal comfort
and subjective thermal perception in 26 studies reported in the literature during the last …

Outdoor spaces are important to sustainable cities because they accommodate pedestrian
traffic and outdoor activities, and contribute greatly to urban livability and vitality. In the …

This paper examines the outdoor thermal comfort in the Mediterranean area. A transversal
field survey has been conducted in Rome and, during an entire year, over 1000 …

This study investigated the effects of four important microclimate parameters on outdoor
thermal sensation and neutral temperature. A long term (almost 2 years) field investigation …

This paper presents some of the findings of the European project, RUROS, primarily
concerned with the environmental and comfort conditions of open spaces in cities. The …

This paper focuses on the influence of urban morphology on pedestrian outdoor thermal
comfort in Harbin, located in the severe cold region of northeast China. Three typical districts …

The present paper deals with the dependence of outdoor thermal comfort on the design of
an urban street. The effects of the street vertical profile, including asymmetrical canyon …