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Disproportionate exposure to urban heat island intensity – The case study of Győr, Hungary

Hungarian Geographical Bulletin
Extensive research has shown that urbanisation has a profound effect on the local climate system, leading to the formation of urban heat island.
Eszter Szemerédi, Sándor Remsei
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Spatio-temporal pattern of heat island in Shenzhen and its influencing factors [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
In recent years, with the rapid expansion of global urbanization, large-scale human activities have changed the surface characteristics, which has significantly enhanced the urban heat island effect. Heat islands may lead to heatstroke, increasing health
Hu Zhangyan
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Evaluating land use/cover change associations with urban surface temperature via machine learning and spatial modeling: Past trends and future simulations in Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
While urbanization puts lots of pressure on green areas, the transition of green-to-grey surfaces under land use land cover change is directly related to increased land surface temperature–compromising livability and comfort in cities due to the heat ...
Muhammad Sajid Mehmood, Muhammad Sajid Mehmood, Muhammad Sajid Mehmood, Muhammad Sajid Mehmood, Adnanul Rehman, Adnanul Rehman, Muhammad Sajjad, Jinxi Song, Jinxi Song, Zeeshan Zafar, Zeeshan Zafar, Zhai Shiyan, Zhai Shiyan, Zhai Shiyan, Qin Yaochen, Qin Yaochen, Qin Yaochen   +16 more
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The effectiveness of urban green infrastructure in reducing surface urban heat island

Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2022
In the era of the devastating impacts of climate change, many cities around the world make strenuous efforts to find suitable and sustainable adaptation strategies to address the climatic dangers. In the past decades, Baghdad city witnessed an increase in the intensity of surface urban heat island (SUHI) as a result of the change in land cover and ...
Maryam F. Abdulateef, Hoda A. S. Al-Alwan   +1 more
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METHODS TO DETECT ATMOSPHERIC AND SURFACE HEAT ISLANDS IN URBAN AREAS [PDF]

Riscuri şi Catastrofe, 2015
Intensification of the urbanization process and its associated climatic effects is nowadays a major problem of large cities worldwide. One of these climatic effects is the urban heat island (UHI), that implies increased air and surface temperature values
I. HERBEL, A. E. CROITORU, A. M. IMBROANE, D. PETREA   +3 more
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Analysis of urban heat islands with landsat satellite images and GIS in Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan City

Heliyon, 2023
Cities are growing geographically in response to the enormous increase in urban population; consequently, comprehending growth and environmental changes is critical for long-term planning.
Nasrin Adlin Syahirah Kasniza Jumari, Ali Najah Ahmed, Yuk Feng Huang, Jing Lin Ng, Chai Hoon Koo, Kai Lun Chong, Mohsen Sherif, Ahmed Elshafie   +7 more
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Quantitative Simulation and Planning for the Heat Island Mitigation Effect in Sponge City Planning: A Case Study of Chengdu, China

Land
The implementation of sponge cities in China modifies the hydrological conditions of the underlying surface, effectively alleviating the urban heat island effect.
Qingjuan Yang, Ziqi Lin, Qiaozi Li
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SPATIO TEMPORAL ANALYSIS TO INDICATIONS OF URBAN HEAT ISLAND IN JAMBI CITY

GeoEco
The high population growth in Jambi City has resulted in land conversion from vegetation to built-up land and settlements, and the use of motorized vehicles has increased the release of carbon emissions which also increase air temperature in Jambi City ...
Kurnianingsih Kurnianingsih, Bangun Muljo Sukojo, Siswanto Siswanto, Muhammad Reza Ferdiansyah   +3 more
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Constructing an urban cooling network based on PLUS model: Implications for future urban planning

Ecological Indicators, 2023
Many studies on mitigation of the surface urban heat island (SUHI) are conducted from the perspective of landscape patch allocation, and few studies have investigated the overall impact of network connectivity on SUHI.
Jieling Luo, Hui Fu
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The Dynamical Linkage of Atmospheric Blocking to Drought, Heatwave and Urban Heat Island in Southeastern US: A Multi-Scale Case Study

Atmosphere, 2018
Atmospheric blocking is a long standing structure stalled in the mid-troposphere which is often associated with extreme weather events such as droughts, heatwaves, flood and cold air outbreak. A striking atmospheric blocking is identified to persist over
Li Dong, Chandana Mitra, Seth Greer, Ethan Burt   +3 more
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