Urban heat islands and thermal comfort: A case study of zorrotzaurre island in Bilbao

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This study assesses the impact of a heat wave on the thermal comfort of an unconstructed area: The North Zone of the Island of Zorrotzaurre (Bilbao, Spain). In this study, the impact of urban planning as proposed in the master plan on thermal comfort is modeled using the ENVI-met program. Likewise, the question of whether the urbanistic proposals are designed to create more resilient urban environments is analyzed in the face of increasingly frequent extreme weather events, especially heat waves. The study is centered on the analysis of temperature variables (air temperature and average radiant temperature) as well as wind speed and relative humidity. This was completed with the parameters of thermal comfort, the physiological equivalent temperature (PET) and the Universal Temperature Climate Index (UTCI) for the hours of the maximum and minimum daily temperatures. The results demonstrated the viability of analyzing thermal comfort through simulations with the ENVI-met program in order to analyze the behavior of urban spaces in various climate scenarios.

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Alvarez, I., Quesada-Ganuza, L., Briz, E., & Garmendia, L. (2021). Urban heat islands and thermal comfort: A case study of zorrotzaurre island in Bilbao. Sustainability (Switzerland), 13(11). https://doi.org/10.3390/su13116106

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