A Human Behavioral Model based on Thermal Environment and Its Development to Landscape Planning/Design
1988 Volume 52 Issue 5 Pages 253-258
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1988 Volume 52 Issue 5 Pages 253-258
The biometeorological researches from the view points of human behaviors and climatic conditions can contribute to the landscape planning/design.
We proposed a human behavioral model which relates to the climatic and landscape elements and discussed its efficiency through the case study in Daisen park located in the Sakai city, Osaka. The human behavioral models of K. Levin2) and T. Kubo3) are the bases of our model.
RB=f (T, S, W, H, V, Cl)
RB: reactivity of human behavior, T: thermal condition of air, S: sunshine condition, W: wind velocity condition, H: humidity condition, V: shade condition from tree, Cl: clothes of user
On site surveys were conducted through 4 days, 10, 17, 24 April and 29 May, 1988. Thermal data at several heights (0, 10, 20, 30, 50, 100, 150cm) and reactivity data of human behavior using a questionary sheets which included 5-ladder scaled vocabularies as “comfortable /discomfortable” and “hot /cool” were collected and processed as shown in fig. 1 to 4.
The efficiency of the human behavioral model was recomfirmed and the thermally comfortable zone was made clear relating to the variables in the model.
The conclusions of this study show not only the biometeorogical relationship between human behaviors and climatic conditions but also show the bases of landscape planning/design.
