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A review on contribution of landscape settings in hot-humid region towards modification of outdoor microclimate

Urban Heat Island (UHI) is an environmental hazard that may greatly deteriorate human health and quality of life due to the high heat dissipation and air temperature that leaves parenthetical stress on human psychology (Shahmohamadi et.al, 2011). On the other hand, UHI worsens the outdoor microclima...

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Main Authors: Mohamad, Amira Nadhirah, Abu Bakar, Aniza, Sanusi, Aliyah Nur Zafirah
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Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/41053/11/a_review_on_contribution_compiled.pdf
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spelling my.iium.irep.410532021-07-29T16:16:20Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/41053/ A review on contribution of landscape settings in hot-humid region towards modification of outdoor microclimate Mohamad, Amira Nadhirah Abu Bakar, Aniza Sanusi, Aliyah Nur Zafirah TD169 Environmental protection Urban Heat Island (UHI) is an environmental hazard that may greatly deteriorate human health and quality of life due to the high heat dissipation and air temperature that leaves parenthetical stress on human psychology (Shahmohamadi et.al, 2011). On the other hand, UHI worsens the outdoor microclimate and rises the issue of thermal discomfort and deteriorates people's experiences in outdoor spaces. Hence, UHI can be considered as a great challenge in accomplishing a thermal environment in which countries with tropical climate seems to struggle more to achieve their thermal comfort. In the mean time, outdoor environment especially in urban areas which includes its geographical landscape setting and physical built environment properties can be the additional contributing factor in modifying the outdoor microclimate of the area, thus either can enhance or reduce the intensity of UHI. Therefore, this paper reviews literatures on the influence of landscape setting by looking into aspects such as vegetation, ground surface materials and its dimension of built environment as well as their impact towards the outdoor microclimate focusing in Hot-Humid region as a step towards UHI mitigation. Literatures on the climatic and microclimatic occurrences as well as urban climate related studies will also be covered as to provide more understanding on this complex interrelations of various parameters such as air temperature, humidity, wind, solar radiation, built form, vegetations and ground surfaces. 2014-04-29 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/41053/11/a_review_on_contribution_compiled.pdf Mohamad, Amira Nadhirah and Abu Bakar, Aniza and Sanusi, Aliyah Nur Zafirah (2014) A review on contribution of landscape settings in hot-humid region towards modification of outdoor microclimate. In: UMRAN 2014 , 29th April 2014, Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design, IIUM. http://www.iium.edu.my/kaed/events/umran-2014-fostering-eco-sphere-built-environment
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topic TD169 Environmental protection
spellingShingle TD169 Environmental protection
Mohamad, Amira Nadhirah
Abu Bakar, Aniza
Sanusi, Aliyah Nur Zafirah
A review on contribution of landscape settings in hot-humid region towards modification of outdoor microclimate
description Urban Heat Island (UHI) is an environmental hazard that may greatly deteriorate human health and quality of life due to the high heat dissipation and air temperature that leaves parenthetical stress on human psychology (Shahmohamadi et.al, 2011). On the other hand, UHI worsens the outdoor microclimate and rises the issue of thermal discomfort and deteriorates people's experiences in outdoor spaces. Hence, UHI can be considered as a great challenge in accomplishing a thermal environment in which countries with tropical climate seems to struggle more to achieve their thermal comfort. In the mean time, outdoor environment especially in urban areas which includes its geographical landscape setting and physical built environment properties can be the additional contributing factor in modifying the outdoor microclimate of the area, thus either can enhance or reduce the intensity of UHI. Therefore, this paper reviews literatures on the influence of landscape setting by looking into aspects such as vegetation, ground surface materials and its dimension of built environment as well as their impact towards the outdoor microclimate focusing in Hot-Humid region as a step towards UHI mitigation. Literatures on the climatic and microclimatic occurrences as well as urban climate related studies will also be covered as to provide more understanding on this complex interrelations of various parameters such as air temperature, humidity, wind, solar radiation, built form, vegetations and ground surfaces.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Mohamad, Amira Nadhirah
Abu Bakar, Aniza
Sanusi, Aliyah Nur Zafirah
author_facet Mohamad, Amira Nadhirah
Abu Bakar, Aniza
Sanusi, Aliyah Nur Zafirah
author_sort Mohamad, Amira Nadhirah
title A review on contribution of landscape settings in hot-humid region towards modification of outdoor microclimate
title_short A review on contribution of landscape settings in hot-humid region towards modification of outdoor microclimate
title_full A review on contribution of landscape settings in hot-humid region towards modification of outdoor microclimate
title_fullStr A review on contribution of landscape settings in hot-humid region towards modification of outdoor microclimate
title_full_unstemmed A review on contribution of landscape settings in hot-humid region towards modification of outdoor microclimate
title_sort review on contribution of landscape settings in hot-humid region towards modification of outdoor microclimate
publishDate 2014
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/41053/11/a_review_on_contribution_compiled.pdf
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