Typology of Outdoor Seating Areas of Restaurants Based on Factors Influencing Their Thermal Comfort. A Case Study of Pilsen City Centre, Czechia

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://geografie.ubbcluj.ro/ccau/jssp/arhiva_2_2019/06JSSP022019.pdf" target="_blank" >http://geografie.ubbcluj.ro/ccau/jssp/arhiva_2_2019/06JSSP022019.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.24193/JSSP.2019.2.06" target="_blank" >10.24193/JSSP.2019.2.06</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Typology of Outdoor Seating Areas of Restaurants Based on Factors Influencing Their Thermal Comfort. A Case Study of Pilsen City Centre, Czechia

Original language description

Due to climate change, the question of thermal comfort in cities is becoming more important in Central Europe. The aim of the study is to design and experimentally verify the typology of outdoor areas of restaurants in terms of their thermal comfort factors, based on a case study of Pilsen´s city centre. The research carried out in 2017 in the city centre of Pilsen investigated what means are used by restaurants to improve thermal conditions and how the location of an outdoor restaurant in an urban area affects its thermal comfort. There were forty-three outdoor areas of city centre restaurants included in the proposed typology, based upon their location. The relevance of typology was verified using a selected set of fourteen outdoor restaurant areas. They were evaluated according to the availability of means for comfort enhancement and experimental measurements of relevant meteorological elements. Type 1 (Square restaurant) exhibited the highest air and surface temperatures. In contrast, Type 2 (Courtyard restaurant) showed the lowest air and surface temperatures and Type 3 (Park restaurant) showed the highest air humidity. Type 4 (Street canyon restaurant) had similar temperatures to Type 1, and air humidity was closer to Type 2. According to the number of Beergarden Days, the days when the air temperature at 9 p.m. was higher than 20 °C, the best conditions for sitting outside throughout the year occur from the second half of June to the end of August. The results of the study can contribute to an improvement in the thermal comfort of customers of outdoor restaurants in cities, especially with regard to the choice of locations of outdoor restaurants and the use of elements that influence thermal comfort.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50702 - Urban studies (planning and development)

Project

<a href="/en/project/TL01000498" target="_blank" >TL01000498: Revitalization of city centers and other public spaces in the Czech Republic: Problems, foreign inspiration, possible solutions</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Settlements and Spatial Planning

ISSN

2069-3419

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

10

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

RO - ROMANIA

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

131-142

UT code for WoS article

000504904700006

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85077596672