Oases settlements are common entities of human agglomerations throughout desert regions. face several environmental challenges such as climate change, which can render them insufferably hot and unlivable within decades. Therefore, this study aims to assess the outdoor thermal comfort variation three different oases urban fabrics Tolga Complex in Algeria. The overarching aim is quantify guide la...

comparable to Singapore in outdoor thermal comfort except in December and January. The inland stations of Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya are, relatively, quite uncomfortable with the latter experiencing average ETs above 76°F for more than half of the year. The most interesting feature of the study is that the East Malaysian towns of Kota Kinabalu (KK) and Kuching (KU) M. IIyas MSc., Ph.D., F.R...

Whole-body cryotherapy (WBC; -110 degrees C) and winter swimming (WS) in ice-cold water are severe ambient cold exposures, which are voluntarily practiced by humans in minimal clothing. The purpose was to examine thermal sensation and thermal comfort associated with WBC and WS. Twenty women similar in body mass index, age, physical activity, and use of hormonal contraception were pairwise rando...

Green infrastructure can improve thermal comfort in outdoor urban spaces in moderate climates. The impact of green spaces on thermal comfort is often exclusively investigated through meteorological variables and human-biometeorological indices. Yet, studies on perceived thermal comfort are scarce. As thermal comfort is a property of human perception of the thermal environment, this knowledge is...