Review of Outdoor Thermal Comfort Research in Hot Arid MENA Cities, 2010-2025
by Mohamed H. Elnabawi Mahgoub·Updated 1mo ago
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Description
A systematic review synthesizing 120 peer-reviewed studies on outdoor thermal comfort published between 2010 and 2025. The work, authored by Mohamed H. Elnabawi Mahgoub, provides an integrated analysis of research across hot arid and semi-arid cities in the Middle East and North Africa. It classifies studies by geographic coverage, methodology, spatial scale, and urban morphology parameters to identify knowledge gaps and propose a climate-sensitive urban design framework.
Use Cases
Benchmarking regional research trends based on the synthesis of 120 studies.
Informing climate-responsive urban design based on the integrated conceptual framework linking morphology, microclimate, and perception.
Identifying calibration needs for thermal indices like PET and UTCI based on the review's findings for extreme radiant environments.
Guiding multi-scale urban modeling based on the analysis of micro-scale to city-scale study integration.
Strengths
Systematically reviews 120 peer-reviewed studies using a PRISMA-guided methodology.
Covers a defined temporal range from 2010 to 2025.
Explicitly analyzes studies across geographic, methodological, and thematic dimensions as described.
Limitations
The dataset is a 651.9 KB PDF review article, not a primary data collection.
Column-level documentation for any underlying data is absent; field semantics must be inferred from the text.
The geographic and climatic focus is specific to hot arid and semi-arid MENA cities, which may limit generalizability.
Provenance
Source
figshare, authored by Mohamed H. Elnabawi Mahgoub.
Collection Method
PRISMA-guided systematic review and synthesis of existing literature.
Time Range
2010 to 2025
Freshness
Last updated 2026-04-10 05:58:51.
Geography
Hot arid and semi-arid cities in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), including Egypt, GCC states, the Levant, and North Africa.
File format is PDF; data extraction or analysis would require processing the textual content.