doi: 10.7763/IJESD.2012.V3.271
Reducing Heat and Improving Thermal Comfort through Urban Design – A Case Study in Ho Chi Minh City
Chau Huynh
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- the Department of Urban Planning and Spatial Design, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus, Germany
Abstract
Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), in the south of Vietnam, is undergoing rapid urbanization and is one of the world’s cities most affected by climate change. A comparative analysis among different scenarios for a case study located in are-development area in HCMC revealed how urban design can contribute to reduce heat and improve thermal comfort in urban areas. Isoline mappings made with the climate modelling software ENVI-met have provided evidence that enhanced street greenery has the most remarkable impact on urban thermal comfort.
Keywords
- Climate change
- Ho Chi Minh City
- urban heat island effects
- urban design
How to Cite
Chau Huynh and Ronald Eckert, "Reducing Heat and Improving Thermal Comfort through Urban Design – A Case Study in Ho Chi Minh City," International Journal of Environmental Science and Development, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 480-485, 2012. https://doi.org/10.7763/IJESD.2012.V3.271
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Copyright © 2012 by the authors. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited (CC BY 4.0).