A pedestrian level strategy to minimize outdoor sunlight exposure in hot summer

2019/10/10 by Xiaojiang Li, Yuji Yoshimura, Li, Xiaojiang +5 · 4 citations
Environmental Science · Medicine · Physics and Astronomy · #Archaeology #Environmental science #FOS: Physical sciences #Geography #Impact of Light on Environment and Health #Medicine #Meteorology #Optics #Pedestrian #Physics #Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph) #Sun exposure #Sunlight #Urban Green Space and Health #Urban Heat Island Mitigation #physics.soc-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1910.04312

published in arXiv (Cornell University) (Cornell University) · 21 pages, 7 figures

arxiv created 2019/10/10 · openalex publication_date 2019/10/10 · arxiv updated 2019/10/11 · openalex created_date 2019/10/18 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Too much sunlight exposure would cause heat stress for people during the hot summer, although a minimum amount of sunlight is required for humans.

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