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Assessment of Outdoor Thermal Comfort in Urban Public Space, during the Hottest Period in Annaba City, Algeria

Sustainability 2023, 15(15), 11763; https://doi.org/10.3390/su151511763
by Karima Boussaidi 1, Djamila Djaghrouri 1, Moussadek Benabbas 1 and Hasim Altan 2,*
Reviewer 1: Anonymous
Reviewer 2: Anonymous
Sustainability 2023, 15(15), 11763; https://doi.org/10.3390/su151511763
Submission received: 25 May 2023 / Revised: 26 June 2023 / Accepted: 10 July 2023 / Published: 31 July 2023

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

This study evaluated outdoor thermal comfort of the users of two urban plazas with different morphologies in Annaba city, Algeria using field measurements, microclimatic simulations and a questionnaire survey. The paper is well written, methodology is sound and the results seem sensible.

I have the following comments to improve the paper.

 

Table 1- I am not sure what “Le rapport” is. This should be clarified. Also how do you evaluate surface density? This should be discussed in the text.

Line 670-671: The sentence “The difference in the Tair between the two spaces can reach 0.4°C and 1.1°C in the Tmrt. This difference can reach up to 16°C between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m”. is unclear and should be revised,

Table 2 and 3 entries are very similar. These could be combined into one table.

Results and discussion section is too long and could be condensed.

Line 610-611- It is stated that “The relation of the UTCI with the air temperature is more important compared to the other indexes (R2= 0.868)” What is the justification for this?

The authors have calculated different indices such as PET, SET and UTCI without explaining the implications of using these indices. What is the interrelationship between these parameters in the study context? How do this relationship in this study compare to other studies with similar and different climatic conditions? This should be discussed.

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Author Response

All authors are thankful for the comments. All comments were valuable and are now addressed as suggested.

Reviewer 2 Report

The study is focused on identification of the urban microclimatic condition and its influence on the subjective thermal perception of people. The methodology approaches are both quantitative using field micrometeorological measurements and qualitative based on subjective survey by questionnaire.

The main question addressed by this paper is relevant and interesting for the journal “Sustanability”.

This is an interesting study and the authors have collected a unique dataset using micrometeorological measurements. The paper is clearly written and well organized but it seems it can be improved.

The Introduction and background are reasonable given the premise of the paper. A review of the literature is extensive and seems unnecessary for this study. Perhaps authors could focus only on literature that is closely related to their research so they can comment in more detail in the discussion section. Once the reduced the Literature review version can be part of the Introduction section not the separate one.

Figures and tables are comprehensive and helpful.

My only remark is about Discussion section.

In the paper results and discussion are organize in one section. Considering the extensive results given in the paper, it would be more transparent if they were organized in a separate section. On the other hand, the Discussion is weak. Namely, the discussion should give a link between your results and those that have already been published based on a similar methodology. 

 

Once these suggestions are considered, if you agree as an editor, the paper can be published.

Sincerely

Author Response

All authors are thankful for the comments. All comments were valuable and are now addressed as suggested.

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

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