Effect of gender on thermal comfort in multicultural public places
Kenawy, Inji and Elkadi, Hisham 2011, Effect of gender on thermal comfort in multicultural public places, in IUDC 2011 : Proceedings of the 4th International Urban Design Conference : Resilience in Urban Design, AST Management, [Gold Coast, Qld.], pp. 62-68.
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Effect of gender on thermal comfort in multicultural public places
The city and the urban environment became extremely important in the daily lives of the increasing number of urban populations across the world. Urban research acknowledges that planning urban places should be responsive to the diversity of population. The aim of this paper is to analyse the results of thermal comfort study in the outdoor urban places. The location has been monitored regarding standard comfort variables: air temperature, humidity, wind speed, and globe temperature. The quantitative assessment of comfort conditions was combined with a questionnaire of pedestrians’ thermal comfort perception. In this paper, the analysis of observed thermal sensation with regard to gender and cultural background concerning the sensitivity of different groups to heat and cold is presented.
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9780980814736
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eng
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129999 Built Environment and Design not elsewhere classified
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970112 Expanding Knowledge in Built Environment and Design
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E2 Full written paper - non-refereed / Abstract reviewed
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