Current approaches to studying the level of pedestrian comfort in urban development

Abstract

The paper presents the results of a numerical forecast of the pedestrian comfort level in the territory of urban development. The research uses the microscale numerical model of the atmosphere in the urban environment, into which the equations of temperature and seasonal indices are integrated. These equations are used to simulate and analyse pedestrian comfort conditions. The paper presents the results of the proposed model approbation in the real environment of the residential neighbourhoods of Krasnoyarsk city. External conditions, typical for summer and winter seasons, were simulated. The results produced are presented as distribution fields of the considered indices. During the analysis, comfortable/discomfort areas for humans staying in the environment of studied urban development were revealed.

Keywords

• microscale numerical model
• pedestrian comfort level
• urban environment
• hydrodynamics
• heat and mass transfer