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ArticleHeliyon2024

Spatial and temporal variations of microclimate and outdoor thermal comfort in informal settlements of warm humid Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Modest Maurus Baruti, Moohammed Wasim Yahia, Erik Johansson

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Article in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Modest Maurus BarutiHousing Development & Management, Dept. of Architecture and Built Environment, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden.
Moohammed Wasim YahiaHousing Development & Management, Dept. of Architecture and Built Environment, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden.
Erik JohanssonHousing Development & Management, Dept. of Architecture and Built Environment, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In developing countries, urbanization is dominated by the growth of informal settlements which represents 40-80% of major cities. The challenges brought up by the growth of informal settlements spans from social-economic to environmental. Previously, upgrading of the informal settlements focused on social-economic aspects such as provision of necessary services for the residents, whereas the quality of the outdoor thermal environment has not received much attention. This paper entails to investigate the potential of upgrading the outdoor thermal environment in informal settlements in the warm humid city of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania through examining the influence of addition of trees with different Leaf Area Index (LAI) and incremental increase of buildings heights. The study uses simulation as a method for analysis of the warm season and calculates the Physiological Equivalent Temperature (PET) as a thermal index. Results show substantial improvement of both microclimate and outdoor thermal comfort. Incremental increase of buildings heights in a street canyon to 12, 18, and 24 m leads to the reduction of PET by 2.5, 2.8, and 3.8 °C respectively at 2:00 p.m. Similarly, applying LAI's of 2, 4, and 6 m

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Dar es salaamENVI-metInformal settlementsMicroclimateOutdoor thermal comfortSimulationsSpatial variability

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PMID38163147
PMCPMC10755282

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