scholarly journals Correlation or Causality between Land Cover Patterns and the Urban Heat Island Effect? Evidence from Brisbane, Australia

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 716 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaveh Deilami ◽  
Md. Kamruzzaman ◽  
John Hayes
Keyword(s):  
Land Cover ◽  
Urban Heat Island ◽  
Urban Heat Island Effect ◽  
Heat Island ◽  
Island Effect ◽  
Urban Heat

scholarly journals Mapping the Influence of Land Use/Land Cover Changes on the Urban Heat Island Effect—A Case Study of Changchun, China

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chaobin Yang ◽  
Xingyuan He ◽  
Fengqin Yan ◽  
Lingxue Yu ◽  
Kun Bu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Urban Heat Island ◽  
Urban Heat Island Effect ◽  
Land Cover Changes ◽  
Heat Island ◽  
Land Use Land Cover ◽  
Island Effect ◽  
Urban Heat

scholarly journals Cooling Effect of Different Land Cover Types: A Case Study in Xi’an and Xianyang, China

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1099
Author(s):  
Yuhe Ma ◽  
Mudan Zhao ◽  
Jianbo Li ◽  
Jian Wang ◽  
Lifa Hu
Keyword(s):  
Land Cover ◽  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Urban Heat Island ◽  
Land Surface Temperature ◽  
Land Surface ◽  
Cooling Effect ◽  
Heat Island ◽  
Land Cover Types ◽  
Island Effect ◽  
Urban Heat

One of the climate problems caused by rapid urbanization is the urban heat island effect, which directly threatens the human survival environment. In general, some land cover types, such as vegetation and water, are generally considered to alleviate the urban heat island effect, because these landscapes can significantly reduce the temperature of the surrounding environment, known as the cold island effect. However, this phenomenon varies over different geographical locations, climates, and other environmental factors. Therefore, how to reasonably configure these land cover types with the cooling effect from the perspective of urban planning is a great challenge, and it is necessary to find the regularity of this effect by designing experiments in more cities. In this study, land cover (LC) classification and land surface temperature (LST) of Xi’an, Xianyang and its surrounding areas were obtained by Landsat-8 images. The land types with cooling effect were identified and their ideal configuration was discussed through grid analysis, distance analysis, landscape index analysis and correlation analysis. The results showed that an obvious cooling effect occurred in both woodland and water at different spatial scales. The cooling distance of woodland is 330 m, much more than that of water (180 m), but the land surface temperature around water decreased more than that around the woodland within the cooling distance. In the specific urban planning cases, woodland can be designed with a complex shape, high tree planting density and large planting areas while water bodies with large patch areas to cool the densely built-up areas. The results of this study have utility for researchers, urban planners and urban designers seeking how to efficiently and reasonably rearrange landscapes with cooling effect and in urban land design, which is of great significance to improve urban heat island problem.

Impact of the urban heat island effect on the climate of the State of Qatar

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (3/4) ◽  
pp. 400
Author(s):  
Mohammed Al Marzooqi ◽  
Hazrat Bilal ◽  
Rajesh Govindan ◽  
Krishna Kumar Kanikicharla ◽  
Tareq Al Ansari
Keyword(s):  
Urban Heat Island ◽  
The State ◽  
Urban Heat Island Effect ◽  
Heat Island ◽  
Island Effect ◽  
Urban Heat
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