Comparative Investigation of Outdoor Thermal Comfort in Different Local Climate Zones (LCZ): The Case of Konya

Year 2025, Volume: 10 Issue: 1, 354 - 376, 28.07.2025

Hande Büşra Geyikli , Fatih Canan

https://doi.org/10.30785/mbud.1494547

Abstract

Outdoor thermal comfort is the condition where individuals feel neither too hot nor too cold according to environmental conditions. This comfort is critical for people to be able to continue their physical activities and social interactions in open spaces. Research shows that increasing green spaces, tree cover and urban morphology can increase thermal comfort by lowering temperatures. In this study, it was aimed to determine the effect of outdoor thermal comfort in 6 different local climate zones (LCZ) in Konya city, which has a BSk (cold-semi-arid) climate, in summer and winter. In order to determine the thermal comfort in the outdoor environment, PET (Physiological equivalent temperature) index was found by using ENVI-met software. Summer and winter season data were used for the analyzes. As a result of the study, it was determined which local climate zones are thermally comfortable for summer and winter seasons for cities with BSk climate.

Keywords

Local climate zone , urban microclimate , urban , morphology , outdoor thermal comfort

Farklı Yerel İklim Bölgelerinde (LCZ) Dış Mekan Termal Konforunun Karşılaştırılmalı Olarak İncelenmesi: Konya Örneği

Abstract

Dış ortamda termal konfor, bireylerin çevresel koşullara göre ne çok sıcak ne de çok soğuk hissetmeleri durumudur. Bu konfor, insanların açık alanlarda fiziksel aktivitelerini sürdürebilmeleri, sosyal etkileşimde bulunabilmeleri açısından kritik öneme sahiptir. Araştırmalar, yeşil alanların, ağaç örtüsünün artırılmasının ve kentsel morfolojinin sıcaklıkları düşürerek termal konforu artırabileceğini göstermektedir. Çalışmada, BSk (soğuk-yarı kurak) iklimine sahip Konya kentinde 6 farklı yerel iklim bölgesinde (LCZ) yaz ve kış aylarında dış ortamda termal konforun etkisinin tespit edilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Dış ortamda termal konforun tespit edilebilmesi için ENVI-met yazılımından yararlanılarak PET (Fizyolojik eşdeğer sıcaklığı) indisi bulunmuştur. Yapılan analizler için yaz ve kış mevsim verileri kullanılmıştır. Çalışmanın sonucunda BSk iklimine sahip kentler için hangi yerel iklim bölgelerinin yaz ve kış mevsimi için termal açıdan konforlu olduğu tespit edilmiştir.

Keywords

Yerel iklim bölgesi , kentsel mikroklima , kentsel morfoloji , dış ortamda termal konfor

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