Area usage and thermal sensation vs. thermal comfort conditions —Open air thermal comfort project in Szeged, Hungary

摘要

The aim of this study is to throw some light on the outdoor human thermal comfort investigations in Szeged. Methodology is described, which consists of micrometeorological measurements on the site, observation of visitors' area usage together with their characteristics, as well as questionnaire-based interviews on the subjective thermal sensation, human comfort and open air activity. As important part of the measurements, visitors' exact locations are marked on a map of the investigated resting place. Integrating these spatial data with the measured subjective and objective information within geoinformatical software (ArcView GIS in our case), make it possible to visualize the area usage according to many categorization, and to reveal relationships between the thermal environment, the usage of the area and the visitors' behavioural adaptation.