TY - JOUR
T1 - A comprehensive review of thermal comfort studies in urban open spaces
AU - Lai, Dayi
AU - Lian, Zhiwei
AU - Liu, Weiwei
AU - Guo, Chaoran
AU - Liu, Wei
AU - Liu, Kuixing
AU - Chen, Qingyan
N1 - Funding Information:
The research was sponsored by the “Chenguang Program” supported by the Shanghai Education Development Foundation and Shanghai Municipal Education Commission through Grant No. 18CG12 . The research also received support from the International Academic Cooperation and Exchange program of the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality through Grant No. 18230722900 .
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020
PY - 2020/11/10
Y1 - 2020/11/10
N2 - 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 studies have been conducted to extend the existing knowledge of outdoor thermal comfort. This paper comprehensively reviews current outdoor thermal comfort studies, including benchmarks, data collection methods, and models of outdoor thermal comfort. Because outdoor thermal comfort is a complex issue influenced by various factors, a conceptual framework is proposed which includes physical, physiological and psychological factors as direct influences; and behavioral, personal, social, cultural factors, as well as thermal history, site, and alliesthesia, as indirect influences. These direct and indirect factors are further decomposed and reviewed, and the interactions among various factors are discussed. This review provides researchers with a systematic and comprehensive understanding of outdoor thermal comfort, and can also guide designers and planners in creating thermally comfortable urban open spaces.
AB - 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 studies have been conducted to extend the existing knowledge of outdoor thermal comfort. This paper comprehensively reviews current outdoor thermal comfort studies, including benchmarks, data collection methods, and models of outdoor thermal comfort. Because outdoor thermal comfort is a complex issue influenced by various factors, a conceptual framework is proposed which includes physical, physiological and psychological factors as direct influences; and behavioral, personal, social, cultural factors, as well as thermal history, site, and alliesthesia, as indirect influences. These direct and indirect factors are further decomposed and reviewed, and the interactions among various factors are discussed. This review provides researchers with a systematic and comprehensive understanding of outdoor thermal comfort, and can also guide designers and planners in creating thermally comfortable urban open spaces.
KW - Adaptation
KW - Human behavior
KW - Outdoor thermal comfort
KW - Urban heat island
KW - Urban open space
KW - Urban planning
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85087327577&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140092
DO - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140092
M3 - Review article
C2 - 32640397
AN - SCOPUS:85087327577
SN - 0048-9697
VL - 742
JO - Science of the Total Environment
JF - Science of the Total Environment
M1 - 140092
ER -
