A path analysis of outdoor comfort in urban public spaces

You, Peng; Feng, Tao; Timmermans, Hjp Harry

doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.11.023

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“…Human comfort is the integrated perception based on various microclimatic variables and environmental stimuli that is related to individuals' socio-demographics, behavioral, and psychological factors [43][44][45][46]. The scope of comfort has been broadened from just physiological sensation to a cognitive activity where individuals make a holistic judgment based on the As a complex multi-dimensional construct, attitude toward green space is influenced by an individuals' personal characteristics and the context [40,41].…”

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Perceived Quality of Urban Wetland Parks: A Second-Order Factor Structure Equation Modeling

Pan

You

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Sustainability

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Wetland in the urban or peri-urban areas has been recognized as an important component of urban ecosystems and provides ecological and environmental services. Wetland park emerged as a kind of restoration of natural wetlands in the context of increasing pressure on land and eco-environment caused by urban sprawl, which has played an essential role in providing recreational spaces/opportunities and improving social interactions. However, little research has been conducted on the theoretical formulation elaborating individuals’ perceived quality of wetland parks when people are engaging in activities therein. This study is an attempt to develop a method to measure the quality of wetland parks based on individuals’ various perceptions and attitudes. From the view of human-nature interaction, the perceived quality is hypothetically conceptualized as a composite of two dimensions, such as comfort perception and environmental satisfaction. A series of questionnaire-based surveys were conducted among respondents (N = 936) in Yanghu wetland park in Changsha, China. Based on the measured items from on-site surveys, second-order factor structural equation modeling is applied to estimate the hypothesis of a hierarchical structure for elaborating how the quality of wetland park is perceived by individual respondents. The results test the hypothesis that the quality of wetland park as a second-order theoretical construct can be conceptualized by two first-order theoretical constructs, individuals’ comfort (loading = 0.749), and environmental satisfaction (loading = 0.828). In addition, a significant influence of attitudes toward green space on the perceived quality of wetland park has been identified.

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Perceived Quality of Urban Wetland Parks: A Second-Order Factor Structure Equation Modeling

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“…The regional climate with its stable characteristics (e.g., in the temperate maritime climate in Northwestern Europe) influences typical microclimate on a location to a large extent (box D). At the same time, microclimate is also formed by local spatial characteristics (box C) such as the shapes of built volumes and open spaces, the amount of vegetation, and water in the environment (Oke et al 2017). However, regional weather (box B) can change quickly and together with effects of spatial configurations on a location, they result in the so-called microweather (Westerberg et al 2003;Lenzholzer 2010;Jacobs et al 2015) (box E).…”

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“…The micro-weather circumstances consist of radiation fluxes, air temperature, wind speeds, etc. (Brown and Gillespie 1995;Oke et al 2017). To a large extent, the micro-weather governs human thermal sensation (box G) in a specific location at a specific point in time.…”

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“…Also, the model did not focus on the factors that can be actively changed such as the reshaping of spatial environments. These spatial factors are increasingly relevant in the light of climate adaptation because the spatial environment has a very strong micrometeorological effect (Brown and Gillespie 1995;Lenzholzer 2015;Oke et al 2017). Apart from that, the spatial environment has an effect on the human psychological state that was not mentioned before.…”

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Exploring outdoor thermal perception—a revised model

Lenzholzer

Vries

2019

Int J Biometeorol

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This paper aims at extending earlier models of outdoor thermal perception by fusing new knowledge from recent literature and deriving perspectives for future research and methods from the new model. Previous models focused on physical and physiological aspects. Only recently, the psychological aspects of thermal perception received more attention, such as spatial perception. Furthermore, in recent literature on thermal perception, two time scales have been described: the short-term and the long-term thermal perception. Based on this new literature, we develop a conceptual, more comprehensive model that takes these factors into account as well. It hypothesizes how thermal sensation and psychological processes interact on the two time scales. However, to be able to describe relationships between psychological aspects of thermal perception more precisely, more research is required on the following issues: (1) influence of momentary personal references and preferences (e.g., mood), (2) influence of long-term personal references and preferences (e.g., cultural aspects, habituation), and (3) influence of the perception of the spatial environment on thermal perception. Moreover, the relation between momentary and long-term thermal perception has not been studied yet. We conclude this paper with an outlook on possible methods to study these factors.

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“…A study by Peng et al (2019) took this a step further by proposing the path analysis method to examine the direct and indirect effects of various factors on subjective comfort in urban public spaces in spring in Eindhoven, the Netherlands [101]. The paths were set up to include connections between the endogenous variables and the influences from the exogenous variables.…”

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Behavioural Perspectives of Outdoor Thermal Comfort in Urban Areas: A Critical Review

Elnabawi

Hamza

2019

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The thermal characteristics of outdoor urban spaces and the street networks connecting them are vital to the assessment of the liveability and sustainability of cities. When urban spaces are thermally comfortable, city dwellers spend more time outdoors. This has several benefits for human health and wellbeing, also reducing indoor energy consumption and contributing to local economy. Studies on outdoor thermal comfort have highlighted the need to develop interdisciplinary frameworks that integrate physical, physiological, psychological, and social parameters to assist urban planners and designers in design decisions. In this paper, an extensive literature review of outdoor thermal comfort studies over the past decade was undertaken, including both rational and adaptive thermal comfort approaches, from the contextualize the behaviour perspectives related to the use of urban space. Consequently, the paper suggests a comprehensive framework for evaluating the relationship between the quantitative and qualitative parameters linking the microclimatic environment with subjective thermal assessment and social behaviour. The framework aims to contribute to the development of exclusive thermal comfort standards for outdoor urban settings.

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A path analysis of outdoor comfort in urban public spaces

Cited by 63 publications

References 42 publications

Perceived Quality of Urban Wetland Parks: A Second-Order Factor Structure Equation Modeling

Perceived Quality of Urban Wetland Parks: A Second-Order Factor Structure Equation Modeling

Exploring outdoor thermal perception—a revised model

Behavioural Perspectives of Outdoor Thermal Comfort in Urban Areas: A Critical Review

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