Mapping local climate zones for cities: A large review

F Huang, S Jiang, W Zhan, B Bechtel, Z Liu… - Remote Sensing of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The local climate zone (LCZ) system provides a universal classification mechanism for
urban and natural landscapes and plays an increasingly important role in urban climate …

The use of local climate zones in the urban environment: A systematic review of data sources, methods, and themes

A Aslam, IA Rana - Urban Climate, 2022 - Elsevier
The concept of local climate zones (LCZ) has emerged to identify the nature of urban
climate, air quality, and temperature at local levels. Thus, this study reviews the literature on …

System for automated geoscientific analyses (SAGA) v. 2.1. 4

O Conrad, B Bechtel, M Bock, H Dietrich… - Geoscientific model …, 2015 - gmd.copernicus.org
The System for Automated Geoscientific Analyses (SAGA) is an open source geographic
information system (GIS), mainly licensed under the GNU General Public License. Since its …

Impact of the built environment on climate change risk perception and psychological distancing: Empirical evidence from Islamabad, Pakistan

A Aslam, IA Rana - Environmental Science & Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanization coupled with increasing climate change has instigated thermal stresses
and reduced the quality of life in the built environment. For climate change adaptation, it is …

Determining the influence of long term urban growth on surface urban heat islands using local climate zones and intensity analysis techniques

TD Mushore, O Mutanga, J Odindi - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Urban growth, typified by conversion from natural to built-up impervious surfaces, is known
to cause warming and associated adverse impacts. Local climate zones present a …

Land use/land cover change evaluation using land change modeller: A comparative analysis between two main cities in Sierra Leone

M Tarawally, X Wenbo, H Weiming, TD Mushore… - Remote Sensing …, 2019 - Elsevier
Owing to the proven capability of remotely sensed data in the extraction and analysis of land
use land cover (LULC) change, Landsat ETM+ and OLI imagery of 2000 and 2015 have …

Estimating urban LST using multiple remotely sensed spectral indices and elevation retrievals

TD Mushore, O Mutanga, J Odindi - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
Detailed spatial characterization of prediction of Land Surface Temperature (LST) offers
opportunities for assessment of sustainability of urban growth patterns. Hence, the …

[PDF][PDF] Urban heat island analysis using the 'local climate zone'scheme in Presidente Prudente, Brazil

R dos Santos Cardoso, MCCT Amorim - Investigaciones Geográficas …, 2018 - redalyc.org
Although urban heat islands (UHIs) have been widely studied, a recent climate-based
classification of urban and rural landscapes provides a new framework for UHI researchers …

Understanding growth-induced trends in local climate zones, land surface temperature, and extreme temperature events in a rapidly growing city: A case of Bulawayo …

TD Mushore, O Mutanga, J Odindi - Frontiers in Environmental …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Assessment of the responses of the urban thermal environment to climate is important,
especially because of their possible influence on low-and high-temperature extreme events …

Controls of land surface temperature between and within local climate zones: A case study of Harare in Zimbabwe

TD Mushore, J Odindi, O Mutanga - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Urban growth-related changes in land use and land cover have segmented urban areas into
zones of distinct surface and air temperatures (ie, Local Climate Zones—LCZ). While studies …