1. Development of Thermal Comfort Evaluation Map by the Land Cover in Yeongnam Region
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Chul-Hyun Choi, Sung-Gwan Jung, and Dong-Hyun Kang
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Climatic data ,Geography ,Sustainable city ,Urban planning ,Thermal comfort ,Climate change ,Physical geography ,Land cover ,Rural area ,Cartography - Abstract
The purpose of this study is to analyze the thermal comfort in Yeongnam area using climatic data and GIS data in order to determine regions necessary to improve thermal environment policies. The results of the calculated PET show that Daegu city is high and Bonghwa-gun is low compared to other regions. PET was compared with the typical classification according to regional characteristics. As a result, PET value of rural areas such as Changnyeong-gun, Haman-gun and Goryeong-gun was high but Green space was too low compared to other rural areas. Yeongnam area was classified according to the value of PET using cluster analysis. As a result, more low grade areas show that green space ratio was low and facility area was high. It is determined that there is a relationship between thermal comfort and land cover. The thermal comfort evaluation map in Yeongnam area will be useful for urban planning in order to establish a sustainable city in climate change.
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- 2014
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