Thermal comfort investigation in traditional and modern urban canyons in Bandar Abbas, Iran

Urban design plays an important role in a city’s daily life. Therefore, accessibility to thermal comfort spaces for citizens engaged in urban outdoor activities could be one of the main goals of urban designers. Urban forms and canyons have important roles in microclimate and thermal comfort situ...

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Main Authors:	Dalman, Masoud, Salleh, Elias, Sapian, Abdul Razak, Saadatian, Omidreza
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Language:	English English
Published:	UPM Press 2013
Subjects:	TA170 Environmental engineering
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spelling	iium-499942016-07-21T00:29:33Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/49994/ Thermal comfort investigation in traditional and modern urban canyons in Bandar Abbas, Iran Dalman, Masoud Salleh, Elias Sapian, Abdul Razak Saadatian, Omidreza TA170 Environmental engineering Urban design plays an important role in a city’s daily life. Therefore, accessibility to thermal comfort spaces for citizens engaged in urban outdoor activities could be one of the main goals of urban designers. Urban forms and canyons have important roles in microclimate and thermal comfort situation in outdoor spaces. The hot humid climate of Bandar Abbas, especially in long summers, causes thermal stress for urban activities. In this study, two different urban fabrics were investigated using thermal comfort and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) methods. Eight provisional measuring points in the selected prevailing canyons were used to obtain the data. The results correlated with the effects of the urban canyon orientation to variation of the microclimate factors, and consequently, the thermal comfort situation in the hottest period of the year. In addition, the results also indicated that the traditional urban fabric is more thermally comfortable than the new residential urban fabric. According to field measurements, thermal comfort calculation and wind simulations, the canyons with the north-south direction present a better orientation for air circulation benefiting from the sea breezes as compared to the other canyon orientations. Hence, this study provides insights for urban designers and policy makers residing in the hot and humid climate in the Middle East. UPM Press 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/49994/1/Pertanika_JSSH_%2821%284%29_1491-1515_%282013%29.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/49994/4/49994_Thermal_comfort_investigation_Scopus.pdf Dalman, Masoud and Salleh, Elias and Sapian, Abdul Razak and Saadatian, Omidreza (2013) Thermal comfort investigation in traditional and modern urban canyons in Bandar Abbas, Iran. Pertanika Journal of Social Science & Humanities, 21 (4). pp. 1491-1515. ISSN 0128-7702 http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/Pertanika%20PAPERS/JSSH%20Vol.%2021%20(4)%20Dec.%202013/15%20Page%201491-1516%20(JSSH%200506-2011).pdf
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description	Urban design plays an important role in a city’s daily life. Therefore, accessibility to thermal comfort spaces for citizens engaged in urban outdoor activities could be one of the main goals of urban designers. Urban forms and canyons have important roles in microclimate and thermal comfort situation in outdoor spaces. The hot humid climate of Bandar Abbas, especially in long summers, causes thermal stress for urban activities. In this study, two different urban fabrics were investigated using thermal comfort and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) methods. Eight provisional measuring points in the selected prevailing canyons were used to obtain the data. The results correlated with the effects of the urban canyon orientation to variation of the microclimate factors, and consequently, the thermal comfort situation in the hottest period of the year. In addition, the results also indicated that the traditional urban fabric is more thermally comfortable than the new residential urban fabric. According to field measurements, thermal comfort calculation and wind simulations, the canyons with the north-south direction present a better orientation for air circulation benefiting from the sea breezes as compared to the other canyon orientations. Hence, this study provides insights for urban designers and policy makers residing in the hot and humid climate in the Middle East.
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author	Dalman, Masoud Salleh, Elias Sapian, Abdul Razak Saadatian, Omidreza
author_facet	Dalman, Masoud Salleh, Elias Sapian, Abdul Razak Saadatian, Omidreza
author_sort	Dalman, Masoud
title	Thermal comfort investigation in traditional and modern urban canyons in Bandar Abbas, Iran
title_short	Thermal comfort investigation in traditional and modern urban canyons in Bandar Abbas, Iran
title_full	Thermal comfort investigation in traditional and modern urban canyons in Bandar Abbas, Iran
title_fullStr	Thermal comfort investigation in traditional and modern urban canyons in Bandar Abbas, Iran
title_full_unstemmed	Thermal comfort investigation in traditional and modern urban canyons in Bandar Abbas, Iran
title_sort	thermal comfort investigation in traditional and modern urban canyons in bandar abbas, iran
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Thermal comfort investigation in traditional and modern urban canyons in Bandar Abbas, Iran

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