Environmental aspect impact on frameworks development for classifying urban configuration indicators

Abd, Duaa Hameed, Al-Mamoori, Hamzah S. and Ameen, Raed Fawzi Mohammed 2025. Environmental aspect impact on frameworks development for classifying urban configuration indicators. International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning 20 (1) , pp. 13-23. 10.18280/ijsdp.200102

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Abstract

The urban environment consists of the complex interaction between the physical elements of urban areas and surrounding environmental factors, making it difficult to measure and manage. Urban configuration of the city can substantially influence on the local climate, and this influence varies according to the region's environmental conditions. Therefore, to attain outdoor thermal comfort, it is necessary to understand and study each urban context according to its own environmental conditions. Accordingly, the study aims to analysis the relationship between urban configuration and its thermal environment. To fulfill the research purpose, a simulation was executed utilizing Ecotect software, which assesses environmental performance, concentrating on two distinct scenarios characterized by organic and grid urban designs. The simulation results demonstrated that the organic urban planning achieved superior thermal comfort compared to grid- based planning. This discovery 'indicates that the urban configuration best adapted to hot, arid weather is a compact urban fabric, a defining trait of traditional historical cities. In these designs, building masses are intricately intertwined and overlapping, while streets and pedestrian routes comprise small, winding, and branching lanes. These features offer protection from climatic conditions, diminish direct solar radiation exposure, and generate substantial shadowing, thereby improving thermal comfort.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Engineering
Publisher:	International Information and Engineering Technology Association
ISSN:	1743-7601
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	21 March 2025
Date of Acceptance:	6 December 2024
Last Modified:	24 Mar 2025 10:51
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/177074

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