Comparison Analysis of Human Comfort about Landscape Micro-climates in Three Parks, Shanghai

The microclimate affects the rate and frequency in the use of public space. Human comfort is an important goal of landscape planning and design. However, modern landscape practice is lack of climate-sensitive design and consideration of human comfort. Citing three parks in Shanghai as examples, this paper tests human comfort with the “post-use evaluation” and descriptive analysis methods. It classifies the park space by the ratio of hard landscape to soft landscape, greening coverage difference, near-water area ratio, and sunshine space ratio. On the basis of surveying park users, it measures the microclimate characteristics of each park to quantify human comfort, concluding that through microclimate design, we can create more comfortable space for humans