Multi-domain human-oriented approach to evaluate human comfort in outdoor environments.

ABSTRACT: Human comfort outdoors is widely investigated, but most studies explore the comfort domains singularly. This paper aimed to evaluate human comfort in parks, verifying the importance of using a multi-domain (simultaneously evaluating thermal, visual, acoustic, and air quality) and multi-disciplinary (combining environmental and social fields) approach. A walk through a pre-defined path from one park to another was repeated twice per day on four consecutive days in June, with three participants per walk. The two investigated parks are in central Italy and were chosen because they differ in their design and spatial characteristics. Environmental data were recorded with an innovative wearable device during the whole walk, and surveys were used to assess people's perceptions of the parks. Despi

SUBMITTER: Cureau RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9361257 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature