Spatial and temporal variations of microclimate and outdoor thermal comfort in informal settlements of warm humid Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

ABSTRACT: In developing countries, urbanization is dominated by the growth of informal settlements which represents 40-80% of major cities. The challenges brought up by the growth of informal settlements spans from social-economic to environmental. Previously, upgrading of the informal settlements focused on social-economic aspects such as provision of necessary services for the residents, whereas the quality of the outdoor thermal environment has not received much attention. This paper entails to investigate the potential of upgrading the outdoor thermal environment in informal settlements in the warm humid city of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania through examining the influence of addition of trees with different Leaf Area Index (LAI) and incremental increase of buildings heights. The study uses simulation

SUBMITTER: Baruti MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10755282 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature