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Article: Effects of neighborhood building density, height, greenspace, and cleanliness on indoor environment and health of building occupants
Title | Effects of neighborhood building density, height, greenspace, and cleanliness on indoor environment and health of building occupants |
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Keywords | Indoor environment Neighborhood building density Neighborhood building height Neighborhood greenspace Occupant health |
Issue Date | 2018 |
Publisher | Pergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/buildenv |
Citation | Building and Environment, 2018, v. 145, p. 213-222 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The influences of indoor environment quality on occupant health have long been one of the main focuses in built environment and public health research. However, evidence to this effect has been inconsistent. Furthermore, previous urban studies have indicated the interaction between urban morphology and indoor environment. This study thus goes beyond indoor environment to investigate: i) the effects of neighborhood environment on occupant health; and ii) the mediating roles of indoor environment on the neighborhood environment and occupant health relationships. To achieve this aim, buildings located in different neighborhood environment in Hong Kong are selected. Data are collected by post-occupancy evaluation (occupant health), indoor environment assessment (thermal comfort, indoor air quality, ventilation, visual comfort, and acoustic comfort) and neighborhood environment assessment (neighborhood building density, building height, cleanliness and greenspace) through questionnaire survey. Through correlation analysis, regression modelling and Sobel test, it is found that: i) occupant health is significantly affected by neighborhood building height, building density and cleanliness; ii) the relationships between neighborhood environment and occupant health are significantly mediated by indoor environment, in terms of visual and acoustic comfort; and iii) neighborhood greenspace affects occupant health indirectly through influencing indoor air quality. To cross validate the results of the survey study, which is conducted using subjective data, objective measurements and analyses are further conducted. The objective study, echoing the survey study results, indicates that buildings with lower neighborhood building density and height, and cleaner neighborhood environment have better visual (higher illuminance level) and acoustic (lower noise level) performances. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/260576 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 7.1 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.647 |
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dc.contributor.author | Chan, IYS | - |
dc.contributor.author | Liu, AMM | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-14T08:43:58Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2018-09-14T08:43:58Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Building and Environment, 2018, v. 145, p. 213-222 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0360-1323 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/260576 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The influences of indoor environment quality on occupant health have long been one of the main focuses in built environment and public health research. However, evidence to this effect has been inconsistent. Furthermore, previous urban studies have indicated the interaction between urban morphology and indoor environment. This study thus goes beyond indoor environment to investigate: i) the effects of neighborhood environment on occupant health; and ii) the mediating roles of indoor environment on the neighborhood environment and occupant health relationships. To achieve this aim, buildings located in different neighborhood environment in Hong Kong are selected. Data are collected by post-occupancy evaluation (occupant health), indoor environment assessment (thermal comfort, indoor air quality, ventilation, visual comfort, and acoustic comfort) and neighborhood environment assessment (neighborhood building density, building height, cleanliness and greenspace) through questionnaire survey. Through correlation analysis, regression modelling and Sobel test, it is found that: i) occupant health is significantly affected by neighborhood building height, building density and cleanliness; ii) the relationships between neighborhood environment and occupant health are significantly mediated by indoor environment, in terms of visual and acoustic comfort; and iii) neighborhood greenspace affects occupant health indirectly through influencing indoor air quality. To cross validate the results of the survey study, which is conducted using subjective data, objective measurements and analyses are further conducted. The objective study, echoing the survey study results, indicates that buildings with lower neighborhood building density and height, and cleaner neighborhood environment have better visual (higher illuminance level) and acoustic (lower noise level) performances. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Pergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/buildenv | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Building and Environment | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject | Indoor environment | - |
dc.subject | Neighborhood building density | - |
dc.subject | Neighborhood building height | - |
dc.subject | Neighborhood greenspace | - |
dc.subject | Occupant health | - |
dc.title | Effects of neighborhood building density, height, greenspace, and cleanliness on indoor environment and health of building occupants | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Chan, IYS: iyschan@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Liu, AMM: ammliu@HKUCC-COM.hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Chan, IYS=rp02456 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Liu, AMM=rp01432 | - |
dc.description.nature | postprint | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.06.028 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85053540049 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 290545 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 145 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 213 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 222 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000448091500018 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0360-1323 | - |