Outdoor thermal comfort research in urban areas of Central and Southeast Europe: A review

Dunjić, Jelena

doi:10.5937/gp23-24458

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“…Despite the slight similarities between our research approach and the one of Sadeghi, we discovered that our methodology is novel and unique because Sadeghi et al used the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) and not the PET index (Sadeghi et al, 2018). According to the latest literature reviews, PET is the most reliable and universally used thermophysiological heat-balance-based model (Baruti et al, 2019;Potchter et al, 2018;Dunjić, 2019;Paramita and Matzarakis, 2019). Almost all other studies that investigated the cooling potential effect focused on vegetation and urban morphological aspects or addressed wind comfort at the pedestrian level, excluding the thermal effects.…”

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Evaluating the wind cooling potential on outdoor thermal comfort in selected Iranian climate types

Roshan

Moghbel

Attia

2020

Journal of Thermal Biology

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Wind is one of the main factors affecting people's outdoor thermal sensation. Ongoing urbanization and urban densification are transforming the urban climate and complicating the pedestrian-level wind environment. Therefore, the main aim of this research is to evaluate the potential wind-cooling effect on human outdoor thermal conditions. Accordingly, the current research attempts determine the best wind directions for thermal comfort at the studied stations and how these factors will be changed under the effects of global warming. Outdoor thermal conditions were modeled based on the physiologically equivalent temperature (PET) thermal index using RayMan software for the decades of the 2000s and the 2040s in different climate types of Iran (Csb, BWh, Csa, and BSh) To estimate the potential cooling effect of wind, the PET was calculated (1) under actual wind conditions, and (2) under calm wind (0.05 m/s) conditions. Then, the ΔPET for these two conditions, which indicates the cooling potential effect (CPE) of the wind, was calculated for four representative stations (Ardebil, Bandar Abbas, Gorgan, and Shiraz). In comparison with the 2000s, the results indicated that by the 2040s, the predicted wind cooling potential will have increased in Ardebil, Shiraz, Bandar Abbas and Gorgan (CPE of 13.2 • C, 13.1 • C, 11.2 • C, and 11 • C, respectively). Based on the overall average of two climate change scenarios (A2 and B1) used in this study, the occurrence of "comfortable" conditions by the 2040s will have increased in Bandar Abbas, Shiraz, and Ardebil by 1.1%, 0.4%, and 0.3%, respectively, while it will have decreased in Gorgan by 1.5%. Accounting for the cooling effect of wind, the comfort cooling potential of wind is predicted to rise by an average of 1.6 • C in the 2040s compared with the 2000s in all the studied stations. Therefore, this will affect the microclimates positively and could reduce the urban heat island effects.

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Evaluating the wind cooling potential on outdoor thermal comfort in selected Iranian climate types

Roshan

Moghbel

Attia

2020

Journal of Thermal Biology

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“…The results of different bioclimatic and biometeorological studies have proven the great applicability of this method in the assessment of urban OTC. For instance, the UTCI has been applied for these purposes worldwide, e.g., Canada [23,33], Brazil [34,35], Australia [32], India [36], China [32,37,38], South Korea [33], Iran [39,40], Saudi Arabia [19], Russia [23], Greece [1,41], Czech Republic [42], Poland [17], France [43], other European regions [20,44,45], etc.…”

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Assessment of Outdoor Thermal Comfort in Serbia’s Urban Environments during Different Seasons

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The urban microclimate is gradually changing due to climate change, extreme weather conditions, urbanization, and the heat island effect. In such an altered environment, outdoor thermal comfort can have a strong impact on public health and quality of life in urban areas. In this study, three main urban areas in Serbia were selected: Belgrade (Central Serbia), Novi Sad (Northern Serbia), and Niš (Southern Serbia). The focus was on the temporal assessment of OTC, using the UTCI over a period of 20 years (1999–2018) during different seasons. The main aim is the general estimation of the OTC of Belgrade, Novi Sad, and Niš, in order to gain better insight into the bioclimatic condition, current trends and anomalies that have occurred. The analysis was conducted based on an hourly (7 h, 14 h, and 21 h CET) and “day by day” meteorological data set. Findings show the presence of a growing trend in seasonal UTCI anomalies, especially during summer and spring. In addition, there is a notable increase in the number of days above the defined UTCI thresholds for each season. Average annual UTCIs values also show a positive, rising trend, ranging from 0.50 °C to 1.33 °C. The most significant deviations from the average UTCI values, both seasonal and annual, were recorded in 2000, 2007, 2012, 2015, 2017, and 2018.

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“…According to the audit of the world perspective of urbanization from 2018, 68% of the population will live in urban areas by 2050 [2,3]. The quality of urban living conditions often depends on the thermal comfort of the open urban spaces, which are used on a daily basis [4]. Bijeljina is a characteristic example of heat island in Bosnia and Herzegovina.…”

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Thermal Comfort Defined by Utci for the Month August of 2017 in the City of Bijeljina

Đurić¹

2021

AFST

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Knowledge of the thermal comfort of an area is of increasing importance when planning space, tourism, recreation and the health of the population that lives or is currently located there. Due to the great anthropogenic changes of nature, the temperature is rising, which is expressed especially in urban environments. The impact of temperature rise is best seen in Europe by monitoring summer meteorological parameters. The research was done by analyzing meteorological parameters of the city of Bijeljina, which is a thermal island in the area of Semberija in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Meteorological parameters during the summer months are unfavorable and affect thermal comfort, which often reflects through the health of the population. For this research were observed and calculated values of bioclimatic index UTCI or Universal thermal climate index, for the month August of 2017 which was one of the hottest months in the 21th century.

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Outdoor thermal comfort research in urban areas of Central and Southeast Europe: A review

Cited by 23 publications

References 97 publications

Evaluating the wind cooling potential on outdoor thermal comfort in selected Iranian climate types

Evaluating the wind cooling potential on outdoor thermal comfort in selected Iranian climate types

Assessment of Outdoor Thermal Comfort in Serbia’s Urban Environments during Different Seasons

Thermal Comfort Defined by Utci for the Month August of 2017 in the City of Bijeljina

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