Qualitative and quantitative criteria for comfortable urban public spaces

摘要

This research is dedicated to comfort in urban public spaces. Its main object is to outline the importance of a microclimatic study in urban places, in the framework of sustainable development of the cities. A quantitative approach is insufficient for the study of comfort in outdoor zone. Based on a literature survey of various comfort criteria and on an analysis of the psychological point of view of human comfort, this study enabled us to work out a new approach of comfort in urban public spaces, integrating quantitative limits and qualitative criteria. It is necessary to stress the importance of qualitative comfort criteria, such as relation with the context, perception of potential control, microclimatic environments diversity, continuity of climatic conditions and naturality of the place.