Long-term dynamics of urban thermal comfort in China's four major capital cities across different climate zones.

ABSTRACT: China has experienced intensive urbanization over the past decades. However, it is still unclear about the influence of urbanization on urban thermal comfort and how the effect varies with climate condition. Based on long-term daily meteorological data from 1990 to 2015 in four Chinese cities undergoing rapid urbanization, our study tried to detect the long-term dynamics of summer urban thermal comfort across different climate zones and analyze their relationships with urbanization. Our results showed that urbanization can increase urban temperature and decrease relative humidity and wind velocity. Urban thermal comfort and discomfort days also changed greatly, especially in Harbin, Northeast China from 1990 to 2015. However, such changes for different cities across different climate zones

SUBMITTER: Fu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6855265 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature