| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立聯合大學 === 建築學系碩士班 === 100 === Outdoor activity is a very important part with respect to the quality of modern life, while parks are the most frequently utilized public facility widely distributed in the city. The over-developed modern cities tend to suffer from the heat island effect such that the influence of thermal comfort of park environment on user activities has become the focal point of exploration of outdoor space quality. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to study the actual feelings of thermal comfort among users conducting different activities under environments of different temperatures in neighborhood parks.
In this study we selected parks in the neighborhood as the major objects of our research which lasted from September 2010 to January 2011 when the climate has been changing from hot to cold. The research methods can be divided into three main aspects: the first aspect is the questionnaire survey with respect to people conducting different activities in parks. The second aspect is to set up two sets of instruments in spaces under sunshine and shade in order to measure micro-climate data such as air temperature, black globe temperature, relative humidity, etc. The third aspect is the recording of the number of people conducting activities and the amount of their clothing.
The results show that the amount of clothing is inversely proportional to the air temperature indicating user adjustment behaviors with respect to different climates. With a lower “Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT)”, there will be fewer people conducting activities in the shade. With a higher “Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT)”, there will be more people conducting activities in the shade. During non-holidays, the number of users in the shaded areas is greater than the number of users under sunshine in the parks in the neighborhood. During holidays, the number of users under sunshine is greater than the number of users in the shade. The users in the parks in the neighborhood will choose to conduct either dynamic or static activities according to their feelings toward different temperatures, and based on such feelings they will choose to either conduct their activities under sunshine or in the shade.
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