Assessment of Role of Water Body on Thermal Comfort in Ahmedabad, India

2019 3rd International Conference on Environmental and Energy Engineering

生态环境科学

Gajjar, Hardik^1 ; Jai Devi, J.^1

Dept. of Civil Engineering, IITRAM, India^1

关键词: Elevated temperature;    Ground measurements;    Mean radiant temperature;    Outdoor thermal comfort;    Tropical climates;    Urban heat island;    Urban temperatures;    Urban water bodies;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/281/1/012023/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/281/1/012023

学科分类：环境科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Increasing urbanization at rapid pace is definitely reducing the green cover and ultimately increases the urban temperature. The side cause of this elevated temperature at city centre compared to the suburbs and rural areas (Urban Heat Island) is enhancement of human thermal discomfort at the outdoor spaces and may even cause death due to heat stroke. This factor becomes a key role for urban planners and designers to create safe and pleasant spaces to live, work and commute. Several research works has been done to assess the role of green cover in reducing the UHI intensity and improve the thermal comfort, but less shade has been given on the cooling potential of urban water bodies. This work tries to investigate the effectiveness of Kankaria lake (Ahmedabad, India) that may have in cooling its nearby places (