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Street as an urban public space : an evaluation of livability in terms of thermal comfort

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dc.contributor.advisor Emmanuel, R
dc.contributor.author Kothalawala, KLCU
dc.date.accessioned 2011-06-28T06:04:31Z
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dc.identifier.citation Kothalawala, K.L.C.U. (2005). Street as an urban public space : an evaluation of livability in terms of thermal comfort [Master's theses, University of Moratuwa]. Institutional Repository University of Moratuwa. http://dl.lib.mrt.ac.lk/handle/123/1440
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.mrt.ac.lk/handle/123/1440
dc.description.abstract Urban public space is the spirit of the civic life in a city; and is a common ground where people carry out the functional and ritual activities that bind a community, where in a normal routine of daily life or in periodic festivities. [Carr.et.al 1992]. The physical environment of those spaces must encourage and accommodate the diverse activities that the citizen's indulge in. As the elements of public spaces act an interwoven net of various functions which carries within itself a set of functional spaces to fulfill the needs of public life, it is the responsibility of the designer to handle the spaces accordingly. The spaces of urban public space are based on factors of which the level of thermal comfort is seen as an important component. Although life in the equatorial tropics is largely an outdoor phenomenon, modem urban development has by and large failed to facilitate such living in a climatically pleasant manner. The approach then should be an attempt to make the equatorial urban outdoors thermally comfortable. This dissertation would focus on the spaces in between buildings where people do gather, hang around and carry on their activities such as, walking, relaxing, meeting each other etc. hence, it has a major contribution to the public life of the people in the context. The research launches, 1. Shading performs as a positive element on the thermal comfort in urban areas. 2. The orientation can be comprehensively handled in order to achieve thermal comfort in outdoor spaces. 3. Ratio of building height to the width of the road can also be consciously modified or designed towards achieving the above. Hence, this dissertation would set off a research study which aims at developing climatically conscious urban patterns. At the same time this study would guide various paths of further studies as well.
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.subject THESIS-ARCHITECTURE
dc.subject ARCHITECTURE-THESIS
dc.subject STREET ARCHITECTURE
dc.subject URBAN SPACE
dc.subject THERMAL COMFORT
dc.title Street as an urban public space : an evaluation of livability in terms of thermal comfort
dc.type Thesis-Abstract
dc.identifier.faculty Architecture en_US
dc.identifier.degree MSc in Architecture en_US
dc.identifier.department Department of Architecture en_US
dc.date.accept 2005
dc.identifier.accno 85469 en_US


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