Evaluation of Human Settlement Climate Suitability in a Typical Low Carbon Livable Community
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Abstract:
Based on the recent 32 year meteorological data from Wuhan Observatory and 5 year data from regional encryption weather stations, the first day of each season and their lengths for the past decade in Wuhan are calculated and compared with the variation characteristics of four seasons in the past years. The human settlement climate suitability evaluation index system based on temperature and humidity index, wind effect index, and apparent temperature index is adopted for human settlement climate suitability zoning in a typical low carbon livable community in Wuhan. The results show that in the last decade, summer becomes longer while spring, autumn, and winter are slightly shorter in Wuhan, so that the number of climate suitable days for urban human settlement is reducing; in a typical low carbon livable community, the length of recent 10 year average climate suitable season is 129 days, while that of cooling season 72 days, dehumidification season 74 days, cold season 34 days and heating season 132 days. The evaluation results of community human settlement climate suitability can provide a basis for scientific scheduling of community energy and the rational use of natural climate resources.