Improving Climatic Comfort of Citizens by Adjusting the Orientation and Extension of Physics of City Squares: Case Study of Yazd

Fouad Kheirabadi, Hooshmand Alizadeh () and Hossein Nourmohammadzad ()
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Fouad Kheirabadi: Young Researchers and Elite Club, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran
Hooshmand Alizadeh: Department of Urban Planning and Design, Faculty of Art and Architecture, University of Kurdistan, Iran, Pasdaran Boulevard, Sanandaj 6617715175, P. O. Box 416, I. R., Iran
Hossein Nourmohammadzad: Arts and Architecture School of Yazd University, Mortaz House, Imam Street, Yazd 36228833, Iran

Chinese Journal of Urban and Environmental Studies (CJUES), 2017, vol. 05, issue 02, 1-16

Abstract: The heat of the earth is provided by solar radiation. A change in the angle of solar radiation and the surface of the earth causes changes in the ambient temperature. Sometimes, these changes reduce climatic comfort of human beings. Climatic comfort is established when there is a balance between excreted and absorbed temperatures of the skin of the body. Orientation and extension rates of physics of squares relative to the geographical north influence the amount of received direct sunlight in different months. Relevant studies show that the squares of the city of Yazd reduce the climatic comfort of its citizens; moreover, the physics of Yazd's squares apply various extension rates, which led to high building costs to citizens and relevant organizations. This study, by using the correlation method and R software, measures different orientation and extension rates of physics of squares in Yazd. It analyzes two models with orientation and physical extension as variables and evaluates the shade and sunlight in the space. The results reveal significant differences between desirable and undesirable options. Considering the climatic comfort of space users and residents at the same time, a rectangle with an extension ratio of one to several and the north-south orientation, making the lowest facade face the south, is the most appropriate physic for city squares.

Keywords: Physic of squares; climatic comfort; shading of the physic; warm and dry climate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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