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LCZ4r package R for local climate zones and urban heat islands [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe LCZ4r is a novel toolkit designed to streamline Local Climate Zones (LCZ) classification and Urban Heat Island (UHI) analysis. Built on the open-source R statistical programming platform, the LCZ4r package aims to improve the usability of the LCZ ...
Max Anjos +6 more
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Urban morphology dataset of Reunion Island based on the local climate zone classification using satellite imagery and GIS dataMendeley Data [PDF]
Data in BriefThis dataset provides a high-resolution spatial classification of urban morphology on Reunion Island, France, using a 100 m x 100 m grid based on the Local Climate Zone (LCZ) framework.
Alexandre Lefevre +4 more
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Planning cooler cities through integration of UAV thermal imagery and GIS in local climate zone studies [PDF]
Scientific ReportsUrban microclimates result from complex interactions between buildings, vegetation, and human activities, impacting energy consumption, air quality, and urban planning.
Gökçe Gönüllü Sütçüoğlu +1 more
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The spatial configuration of local climate zones reveals effects on wayfinding in human walking. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 The importance of easy wayfinding in complex urban settings has been recognized in spatial planning. Empirical measurement and explicit representation of wayfinding, however, have been limited in deciding spatial configurations.
Ping Yu Fan +6 more
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Urban growth’s implications on land surface temperature in a medium-sized European city based on LCZ classification [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe study determined the influence of changes in land use and land cover (LULC) on land surface temperature (LST) over a 33-year period based on a medium-sized European city (Poznań, Poland).
Aleksandra Zwolska +2 more
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Transactions in GISABSTRACT Urban heat islands (UHIs) pose a significant environmental issue in rapidly urbanizing areas, intensifying the need for accurate methods to assess and mitigate their effects. The Local Climate Zones (LCZ) classification system is a standardized land use approach for urban heat island (UHI) research.
Chow Ming Fai, Izni Zahidi
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Atmosphere, 2021 At present, conflicts between urban development and the climate environment are becoming increasingly apparent under rapid urbanization in China. Revealing the dynamic mechanism and controlling factors of the urban outdoor thermal environment is the ...
Hai Yan +6 more
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Air Humidity Characteristics in “Local Climate Zones” of Novi Sad (Serbia) Based on Long-Term Data
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2021 This study aims to investigate spatial and temporal dynamics and relationship between air temperature and five air humidity parameters (relative humidity, water vapor pressure, absolute humidity, specific humidity, and vapor pressure deficit) in Novi Sad,
Jelena Dunjić +6 more
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Remote Sensing, 2022 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 standardized technique for evaluating the implications of urban land use and ...
Terence Darlington Mushore +2 more
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Advances of Local Climate Zone Mapping and Its Practice Using Object-Based Image Analysis
Atmosphere, 2021 In the context of climate change and urban heat islands, the concept of local climate zones (LCZ) aims for consistent and comparable mapping of urban surface structure and cover across cities.
Lei Ma +4 more
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