Investigating the sans pareil streetscape configuration for creating thermal comfort urban place in Surabaya

Abstract

The case of climate change expand accelerated than before caused by human-made emissions happened in the street. Coastal cities such as Surabaya are needed a thermal comfort urban place to be the solution. Through the sans pareil streetscape, we can understand which configuration are more (or less) effective for creating thermal comfort urban place. To explore this, we surveyed Raya Darmo Street, Polisi Istimewa Street, and Diponegoro Street Surabaya, Indonesia (N=25). The method using is micro climate analysis with software ENVImet which simulated the micro-scale interactions among urban surfaces, vegetation, and the atmosphere. In this method, it is necessary to measure the thermal comfort index by computing the Temperature Humidity Index (THI) from the data for each thermal station. In the results of this microclimate analysis, six color distributions produced, which showed the climate level. From the color distribution at 12 a.m., showed that no comfortable spaces found on all three streetscapes. There are as many as 90% of streetscape cuts included in the criteria for being uncomfortable on Diponegoro Street. On Raya Darmo Street and Polisi Istimewa Street are included in the requirements of being uncomfortable with a percentage of 49% while the rest are moderate criteria.