Thermal perception in heritage urban spaces. Case study: Guanajuato.

Authors

  • Claudia Erendira Vazquez Torres Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán
  • CRISTINA Sotelo Salas Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
  • Ruth Grajeda Rosado Universidad Veracruzana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33064/artificio420234773

Keywords:

Sustainable mobility, Thermal Comfort, Touristic City, Heritage cities, urban space

Abstract

Urban spaces play a crucial role in the search to im-prove human and environmental health conditions due to their high concentration of users and their potential to implement mitigation strategies and sustainable practices in the face of increasing levels of CO2 in the environment. Heritage urban spaces present a greater challenge due to their high occu-pancy rate and the regulatory restrictions for their conservation. Furthermore, local and foreign tou-rism, as a dynamic socio-economic phenomenon, requires strategies compatible with environmental quality protocols in the face of current social cha-llenges. The objective of this study was to identify the thermal conditions that influence the comfort of users when occupying public spaces, and to propose sustainable improvement strategies. An experimen-tal method was used to monitor the thermal beha-vior in a street connected to the historic center of Guanajuato, which has a temperate climate, and the thermal stress in outdoor spaces was rated through an international index. The results show the need to reduce thermal stress according to the months of measurement, which resulted in effective improve-ment strategies for heritage urban spaces focused on sustainable mobility.

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2023-12-01 — Updated on 2023-12-08

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Vazquez Torres, C. E., Sotelo Salas, C., & Grajeda Rosado, R. (2023). Thermal perception in heritage urban spaces. Case study: Guanajuato. Artificium, (4), eD2. https://doi.org/10.33064/artificio420234773 (Original work published December 1, 2023)

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