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Living with air-conditioning: experiences in Dubai, Chongqing and London Cover

Living with air-conditioning: experiences in Dubai, Chongqing and London

Open Access
|Feb 2022

Figures & Tables

Table 1

Participant socio-demographics.

DUBAICHONGQINGLONDONTOTAL
Total participants26222472
Female1341431
Male13181041
Age (years)
20s48517
30s119626
40s82515
50s32611
60s0123
Grew up in the UAE/China/UK2221943
Work
Paid employment23172262
Student2428
Other/unknown1102
Home
Flat2019645
House621826
Dormitory011
Table 2

Rank order of suggested heat-mitigation strategies.

HEAT-MITIGATION STRATEGIESDUBAICHONGQINGLONDONTOTAL
Air-conditioning1111
Greenery2= 362
Urban planning5= 34= 3
New technology327= 3
Buildings424
Social routines6535
Reduce pollution and emissions46
Notifications57
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/bc.147 | Journal eISSN: 2632-6655
Language: English
Submitted on: Sep 1, 2021
Accepted on: Jan 21, 2022
Published on: Feb 9, 2022
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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