2006.4-2007.3 Yearbook of NILIM
Research Summary


Urban Planning Department

Reference Number Y060706
Title Research on the Quantitative Evaluation of the Urban Configuration Effect on Thermal Environment
Start-End Date 2004.4-2007.3
Division Urban Planning Department, Urban Development Division
Research Center for Land and Construction Management, Evaluation System Division
Author Urban Development Division, Senior Researcher Koji KAGIYA
Evaluation System Division, Senior Researcher Masamiki OHASHI
Summary This research aims to quantify the effect of city configuration such as arrangement of buildings, green, river etc, on urban thermal environment represented by heat island phenomenon in order to prepare the scientific information for taking effective countermeasures against heat island phenomenon by wind tunnel experiments, field measurements, and numerical simulation.