Abstract
Ling Nan Tian Di block is in Fo Shan city, which is in the hot-summer and warm-winter climate area of China and is a very important scenic spot. A pedestrianized zone aims to provide a commercial and recreational center for tourists. The utilization of it is determined by the outdoor microclimate, which affects not only humans’ thermal sensation but also the commercial value; thus, putting forward the best time of day to visit this region in extreme summer is very necessary. Using the result of this work, tourists can choose the most comfortable time of day with the most suitable thermal conditions to visit this pedestrianized zone. To this end, we conducted field measurements and numerical simulations to analyze thermal sensation. In addition, a field questionnaire survey was utilized to evaluate the thermal comfort range for tourists. The analyzed result shows that the thermal comfort range of tourists is a physiological equivalent temperature (PET) of 22 to 28 °C and the neutral PET is 25 °C. The final thermal calendar shows that the whole commercial zone is within the comfort range after 7:00 p.m. During the daytime, except for the open space without vegetation, the whole region is in the comfort range from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Highlights
The respondents were 53.96% female and 46.34% male, and all the questionnaires were completed by tourists, most of whom came for entertainment and some came for the cuisine in this region; in addition, for half of the interviewees, it was their first time coming to the commercial block
The classification of thermal sensation in a hot-summer and warm-winter climate region according to previous research is shown in Table 6 [30]
The values of R2 of the two factors varied from 0.7544 to 0.9847; according to previous studies [24,25,26,27,28,29], the final result of this study shows that the software can be a reliable tool for simulating human thermal sensation
Summary
With the development of China’s economy, tourism became the most important source of income and an opportunity for employment. According to the research results of previous studies [6], when compared to local citizens, tourists are more sensitive to climatic conditions, and prefer places with a higher level of thermal comfort [7]. It is, very necessary for us to provide essential information to help tourists schedule their traveling. The climatic conditions of tourists’ destinations is very important for planners [8]
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