Geographia Polonica Vol. 87 No. 4 (2014)

Noro, Marco; Busato, Filippo; Lazzarin, Renato

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Geographia Polonica Vol. 87 No. 4 (2014) UHI effect in the city of Padua: simulations and mitigation strategies using the Rayman and envimet model Noro, MarcoBusato, FilippoLazzarin, Renato

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Geographia Polonica Vol. 87 No. 4 (2014) ; UHI effect in the city of Padua: simulations and mitigation strategies using the Rayman and envimet model

Geographia Polonica Vol. 87 No. 4 (2014)

Noro, Marco ; Busato, Filippo ; Lazzarin, Renato

medium size cities ; mean radiant temperature ; mitigation strategy ; outdoor thermal comfort simulations

The UHI phenomenon was studied in a medium size city in the North-East of Italy and the results are reported in this paper. Experimental measurements were carried out during the summer of 2012, measuring the main thermo-hygrometric variables by mobile survey and also the mean radiant temperature in characteristic sites of the city area: the historic centre, high and low density populated residential zones, the industrial zone and the rural zone. Two simulation models were used in order to calculate the effect of some mitigation strategies on UHI intensity and outdoor thermal comfort indexes for four typical days of the year.

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