Traits of Adaptive Outdoor Thermal Comfort in a Tropical Urban Microclimate

• Published in: Atmosphere Vol. 14; no. 5; p. 852
• Main Authors: Fong, Chng Saun, Manavvi, Suneja, Priya, Radhakrishnan Shanthi, Ramakreshnan, Logaraj, Sulaiman, Nik Meriam, Aghamohammadi, Nasrin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.05.2023
• Subjects: Activity patterns; Adaptation; Climate change; Environmental aspects; future cities; Green infrastructure; health and well-being; Heat; High rise buildings; High temperature; Human comfort; Human influences; Humidity; Land cover; Microclimate; Mitigation; Morphology; Outdoor activities; outdoor thermal comfort; Outdoors; Physiological effects; Physiology; Public awareness; Public buildings; Questionnaires; Sociodemographics; Stress (physiology); sustainable cities; Temperature; thermal adaptive behaviour; Thermal comfort; Thermal pollution; tropical city; Urban areas; Urban environments; Urban health; Urban heat islands; Urban microclimates; Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur Malaysia; Southeast Asia; United States > US

Urban heat islands (UHIs) are negatively impacting the quality of the urban environment and outdoor thermal comfort (OTC) levels, which have raised concerns regarding their impact on urban health and well-being. Understanding of OTC level is crucial, particularly in tropical cities with year-round h...