Table 2

Simplified matrix of intricacies between themes

YearMultivariate issueLocation (by economy)Location (by climate classification)Methodological choiceSolutionRelevant studies
2004–2008MC + ITCUHITemperateSimulation and Field MeasurementBuilding levelTenorio et al. (2006) 
2009–2013TemperateField measurement and SurveyResearchJurelionis and Šeduikytė (2010) 
MediterraneanField measurementBuilding levelDimdiņa et al. (2011) 
SimulationBuilding levelKim et al. (2012) 
2014–2018DryField MeasurementBuilding levelGiancola et al. (2014) 
TemperateSimulationBuilding levelNowak-Dzieszko and Rojewska-Warchał (2015) 
Simulation and Field measurementSite levelPastore et al. (2017), Tumini et al. (2016) 
MediterraneanField measurement and SurveyBuilding levelHaverinen-Shaughnessy et al. (2018) 
SimulationBuilding level and site levelJung and Yoon (2018) 
2019–2023AllSimulationBuilding levelPeng et al. (2021) 
DrySurveyBuilding levelAlzahrani et al. (2022) 
TemperateField MeasurementResearchBalocco et al. (2022) 
SimulationBuilding levelRodríguez-Algeciras et al. (2021) 
Field measurement and surveyResearchHaddad et al. (2022) 
Simulation and Field MeasurementBuilding levelMarco and Buhagiar (2019) 
Building level and site levelTriana et al. (2023) 
    Simulation and Field Measurement and SurveySite levelDiz-Mellado et al. (2023) 
2004–2008 UMITemperateSimulation and Field measurementSite levelChen et al. (2004) 
2009–2013DrySimulationBuilding levelOchoa et al. (2011) 
2014–2018TemperateSimulationBuilding levelSosa et al. (2018) 
DrySimulationBuilding level and site levelKrebs et al. (2017) 
TemperateSimulationBuilding levelWang et al. (2018) 
2019–2023AllSimulationBuilding levelTriana et al. (2023) 
TropicalSimulationBuilding levelLiaw et al. (2023) 
TemperateSimulationBuilding levelBenincá et al. (2023a, b), Dalbem et al. (2019), Franco et al. (2019), Martins and Schmid (2019) 
Simulation and Field MeasurementBuilding levelLópez-Escamilla et al. (2022) 
2009–2013 LMITropicalField measurement and SurveyBuilding levelSingh et al. (2010) 
2014–2018TropicalSimulationSite levelAhsanullah and Van Zandt (2013), Nugrahanti et al. (2018) 
2019–2023TropicalSimulation and Field MeasurementBuilding level and site levelNabilah et al. (2022) 
DrySimulationBuilding level and site levelSaadatjoo et al. (2023) 
Building levelLuthra and Sundaram (2023) 
TemperateSimulationBuilding levelLuthra and Sundaram (2023) 
Site levelLongVu et al. (2019) 
2014–2018ITC + DaUHIDryField measurement and SurveyBuilding levelAfacan and Demirkan (2015) 
2019–2023MediterraneanSimulation and Field measurementBuilding levelDolníková et al. (2021) 
TropicalSimulationBuilding levelLan et al. (2019) 
TemperateSimulationBuilding levelRoberts et al. (2022), Yilmaz and Yilmaz (2020) 
SurveyResearchFoster et al. (2022) 
2014–2018LMITropicalSimulationBuilding levelSusanto et al. (2018) 
2009–2013MC + ITC + DaUMITropicalDocument reviewBuilding level and site levelBodach and Hamhaber (2010) 
Simulation and Field measurementSite levelGonzález Couret et al. (2013) 
2019–2023LMITropicalField measurementBuilding levelTrihamdani et al. (2023) 
DrySimulationBuilding level and site levelNait-Taour et al. (2023) 
TemperateSimulationBuilding level and site levelNait-Taour et al. (2023) 

Note(s): MC: Microclimate and Indoor thermal comfort, ITC: Indoor thermal comfort, Da: Daylight, UHI: High-income countries, UMI: Upper middle-income countries and LMI: Lower medium-income countries

Source(s): Authors’ own work

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