scholarly journals Effect of land cover composition and building configuration on land surface temperature in an urban-sprawl city, case study in Bangkok Metropolitan Area, Thailand

Heliyon ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. e04485
Author(s):  
Tratrin Adulkongkaew ◽  
Tunlawit Satapanajaru ◽  
Sujittra Charoenhirunyingyos ◽  
Wichitra Singhirunnusorn
2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (12) ◽  
pp. 2949-2961 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Yin ◽  
Xiaoxu Wu ◽  
Miaogen Shen ◽  
Xiaoli Zhang ◽  
Chenghao Zhu ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 957 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.P.U. Fonseka ◽  
Hongsheng Zhang ◽  
Ying Sun ◽  
Hua Su ◽  
Hui Lin ◽  
...  

Urbanization has become one of the most important human activities modifying the Earth’s land surfaces; and its impacts on tropical and subtropical cities (e.g., in South/Southeast Asia) are not fully understood. Colombo; the capital of Sri Lanka; has been urbanized for about 2000 years; due to its strategic position on the east–west sea trade routes. This study aims to investigate the characteristics of urban expansion and its impacts on land surface temperature in Colombo from 1988 to 2016; using a time-series of Landsat images. Urban land cover changes (ULCC) were derived from time-series satellite images with the assistance of machine learning methods. Urban density was selected as a measure of urbanization; derived from both the multi-buffer ring method and a gravity model; which were comparatively adopted to evaluate the impacts of ULCC on the changes in land surface temperature (LST) over the study period. The experimental results indicate that: (1) the urban land cover classification during the study period was conducted with satisfactory accuracy; with more than 80% for the overall accuracy and over 0.73 for the Kappa coefficient; (2) the Colombo Metropolitan Area exhibits a diffusion pattern of urban growth; especially along the west coastal line; from both the multi-buffer ring approach and the gravity model; (3) urban density was identified as having a positive relationship with LST through time; (4) there was a noticeable increase in the mean LST; of 5.24 °C for water surfaces; 5.92 °C for vegetation; 8.62 °C for bare land; and 8.94 °C for urban areas. The results provide a scientific reference for policy makers and urban planners working towards a healthy and sustainable Colombo Metropolitan Area.


2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 357
Author(s):  
Hasti Widyasamratri ◽  
Kazuyoshi Souma ◽  
Tadashi Suetsugi

This research aim to investigate the urban thermal environment profile and land cover classification  in the Jakarta Metropolitan Area (JMA) in 1989 and 2013. Thermal environment conducted by installing fix point ground measurement of air temperature and land surface temperature. The land cover classification was carried out  by using Landsat TM 5 and Landsat 7 ETM+ data sets. The diurnal variation of air temperature shows that Urban Heat Island (UHI) was occurring in urban and suburban JMA, which can be seen the slower cooling period in the urban area than suburban areas. Positive correlation between air temperature (Ta) and land surface temperature (Ts) on the brush (r2 = 0.78) and the asphalt surface (r2= 0.88) is clearly shown during the study. The rapid urbanization was detected during 1989 to 2013 where the urban sprawl is spread over to the whole area of JMA. Urban built up is the dominant of high increase due to years, while vegetation is decreasing.    


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