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F. Gómez, L. Gil, L. Montero & V. de Vicente

Abstract

This paper analyzes the effects of the climatic factors in cities and the interaction between green zones and the environmental parameters that influence urban climate. Different comfort indices have been used to analyze the eight more representative districts of the city of Valencia. The formulation of the comfort indices has been statistically correlated with the green areas in order to calculate the surface area of the green zones required in the city to be considered theoretically comfortable. The scenario of analysis has been the city of Valencia (Spain), taken as the prototype of a Mediterranean city. Keywords: urban climate, green zones, urban planning, urban comfort, Valencia (Spain). 1 Introduction The city is the space more strongly affected by man to such an extent that human alterations do not

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