Structural Equation Modeling for the Influence of Urban Patterns on Thermal Comfort in Subtropical Areas

碩士 === 國立臺北科技大學 === 建築系建築與都市設計碩士班 === 106 === As cities develop to the modern footsteps, the large constructions start to consume large amount of heat and change the thermal comfort environment of the urban. Especially when the city is located in the hot and humid subtropical area, the higher develo...

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Main Authors: Hung-Chen Chen, 陳虹蓁
Other Authors: Chih-Hong Huang
Format: Others
Language:zh-TW
Published: 2017
Online Access:http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/m4jz3n
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Summary:碩士 === 國立臺北科技大學 === 建築系建築與都市設計碩士班 === 106 === As cities develop to the modern footsteps, the large constructions start to consume large amount of heat and change the thermal comfort environment of the urban. Especially when the city is located in the hot and humid subtropical area, the higher development level the city is, the more compact buildings are, the more complicated urban patterns are and the change of thermal comfort become more extreme, making it uncomfortable for civilians. My research is to take a look at the different urban patterns and meteorological data and the communications in between then put them into statistic calculation. With the help of linear relation assumptions in structural equation modeling(SEM), we can build a model to find the force that is working in between urban patterns, meteorological factors and thermal comfort. Our research comes with a conclusion that meteorological factors have a great amount of influence to the thermal comfort of a city. If in a subtropical environment, this influence shows even more obvious, the humidity and wind speed are big causes of thermal comfort change. In cities that are more developed and have higher density of constructions and buildings, the enthalpy value are much higher than cities with less buildings, thus resulting to lower scores in react of thermal comfort. Also, a city’s thermal comfort reaction to urban weathers, are much related to its urban pattern and location and level of development.