Citizen science dataset on residents' urban heat perception in outdoor public spaces of climate-vulnerable neighborhoods
Ferran Larroya, Isabelle Bonhoure, Femke Min, Josep Perell\'o

TL;DR
This paper introduces a comprehensive citizen science dataset combining microclimatic measurements and residents' thermal perceptions in vulnerable neighborhoods, supporting research on urban heat and climate resilience.
Contribution
It provides a novel, multi-dimensional dataset integrating objective environmental data with subjective thermal perception responses from residents.
Findings
Collected 296,286 microclimatic data points
Recorded 5,169 thermal perception responses
Engaged 439 residents as co-researchers
Abstract
We present a dataset generated to investigate urban heat and thermal perception across five neighborhoods in the Barcelona metropolitan area. In collaboration with 14 non-academic partner organizations, we conducted a series of citizen science campaigns involving 439 residents as co-researchers engaged throughout all stages of the research process. Participants, residents of areas classified as highly or very highly climate-vulnerable, identified 210 public outdoor sites relevant to their daily lives. These locations were subsequently characterized using a range of spatial and environmental indicators pertinent to urban heat island effects, urban health, and climate resilience. Over the course of 48 thermal walks, participants carried portable, low-cost sensors that continuously recorded air temperature, relative humidity, and geolocation, resulting in 296,286 processed microclimatic…
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