Thermal infrared remote sensing for urban climate and environmental studies: Methods, applications, and trends

Q Weng - ISPRS Journal of photogrammetry and remote sensing, 2009 - Elsevier
Thermal infrared (TIR) remote sensing techniques have been applied in urban climate and
environmental studies, mainly for analyzing land surface temperature (LST) patterns and its …

The anthropogenic sealing of soils in urban areas

R Scalenghe, FA Marsan - Landscape and urban planning, 2009 - Elsevier
The sealing of soils by impervious materials is, normally, detrimental to its ecological
functions. Exchanges of energy, water and gases are restricted or hampered and an …

[PDF][PDF] 中国城市土地利用效率评价

吴得文, 毛汉英, 张小雷, 黄金川 - 地理学报, 2011 - sourcedb.igsnrr.cas.cn
城市土地利用效率状况直接影响城市的社会经济发展和人居环境建设. 基于数据包络法对全国
655 个城市土地投入产出效率和规模效率进行了分析, 结果发现: ① 目前中国城市土地投入产出 …

Effects of landscape composition and pattern on land surface temperature: An urban heat island study in the megacities of Southeast Asia

RC Estoque, Y Murayama, SW Myint - Science of the Total Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Due to its adverse impacts on urban ecological environment and the overall livability of
cities, the urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon has become a major research focus in …

[HTML][HTML] CA-Markov chain analysis of seasonal land surface temperature and land use land cover change using optical multi-temporal satellite data of Faisalabad …

A Tariq, H Shu - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cellular Automata models are used for simulating spatial distributions and Markov Chain
models are used for simulating temporal changes. The main aim of this study is to …

Effects of spatial pattern of greenspace on urban cooling in a large metropolitan area of eastern China

F Kong, H Yin, P James, LR Hutyra, HS He - Landscape and Urban …, 2014 - Elsevier
Urban areas will experience the greatest increases in temperature resulting from climate
change due to the urban heat island (UHI) effect. Urban greenspace mitigates the UHI and …

Impacts of landscape structure on surface urban heat islands: A case study of Shanghai, China

J Li, C Song, L Cao, F Zhu, X Meng, J Wu - Remote sensing of environment, 2011 - Elsevier
Urbanization is taking place at an unprecedented rate around the world, particularly in
China in the past few decades. One of the key impacts of rapid urbanization on the …

Impacts of urban configuration on urban heat island: An empirical study in China mega-cities

W Yue, X Liu, Y Zhou, Y Liu - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Urban configuration can influence the local thermal environment by altering energy
balances. However, previous studies have found that either sprawling urban or compact …

Does spatial configuration matter? Understanding the effects of land cover pattern on land surface temperature in urban landscapes

W Zhou, G Huang, ML Cadenasso - Landscape and urban planning, 2011 - Elsevier
The effects of land cover composition on land surface temperature (LST) have been
extensively documented. Few studies, however, have examined the effects of land cover …

Effects of green space spatial pattern on land surface temperature: Implications for sustainable urban planning and climate change adaptation

M Maimaitiyiming, A Ghulam, T Tiyip, F Pla… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
The urban heat island (UHI) refers to the phenomenon of higher atmospheric and surface
temperatures occurring in urban areas than in the surrounding rural areas. Mitigation of the …