Review of studies on outdoor thermal comfort in warm humid climates: challenges of informal urban fabric
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DOI: 10.1007/s00484-019-01757-3
Abstract: In warm humid climate regions where majority of the population spend most of the time outdoors, an adequate outdoor thermal environment is crucial. A number of studies on outdoor thermal comfort in warm humid climates… read more here.
Keywords: urban fabric; outdoor thermal; warm humid; thermal comfort ... See more keywords
The nuances of the supplied urban fabric in the MENA Region: Evidence from Alexandria, Egypt
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DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.01.044
Abstract: Abstract There are different urban qualities that can define the traditional cities in the MENA region, such as high densities, walkability, and mixed use-residential led development. However, in the last decades when old cities merged… read more here.
Keywords: urban qualities; mena region; urban fabric; nuances supplied ... See more keywords
A geoprocessing framework to compute urban indicators: The MApUCE tools chain
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DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2018.01.008
Abstract: Abstract A growing demand from urban planning services and various research thematics concerns urban fabric characterization. Several projects (such as WUDAPT) are currently lead in the urban climate field to answer this demand. However there… read more here.
Keywords: chain; framework compute; urban fabric; urban indicators ... See more keywords
IMPACTO DE LA DENSIFICACIÓN RESIDENCIAL INTENSIVA EN LA SEGMENTACIÓN DEL TEJIDO URBANO DE SANTIAGO: UN ENFOQUE CUANTITATIVO
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DOI: 10.32995/rev180.num-40.(2017).art-399
Abstract: This paper analyzes the impact of intensive residential densification on the urban fabric of selected neighborhoods in the Metropolitan Area of Santiago. We explore the effect of “segmentation” proposed by Diez (1996), which leads to… read more here.
Keywords: residencial intensiva; fabric; impacto densificaci; densificaci residencial ... See more keywords