Abstract
This study, conducted to support for urban thermal environment planning, developed a new method for mapping the spatial structure of urban canopy layers. The technique, called Raster-Patch-Cluster Scheme, employs landscape and ecological indicators combined with thermal characteristics identified by use of thermal satellite images. It was found that the urban thermal environment develops at the local scale and exhibits differences in density and forms of canopy layers. ASTER/TIR with 90 m resolution was found to be a useful data source for elucidating such local climatic phenomena. The intensities of local heat or cool islands exhibit significant logarithmic relationships with the size of urban canopy features. This means that the extent and intensity of urban heat islands increases with the expansion of urbanized areas of a city as well as with the agglomeration of land use intensity. The conclusions suggest that mitigation measures for the prevention of urban island development are likely to be effective if implemented at early stages of urbanization.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of 10th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management, CUPUM 2007 |
| Publisher | Utrecht University |
| Pages | 1-13 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9788585205775 |
| Publication status | Published - 2007 |
| Event | 10th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management, CUPUM 2007 - Iguassu Falls, PR, Brazil Duration: 2007 Jul 11 → 2007 Jul 13 |
Other
| Other | 10th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management, CUPUM 2007 |
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| Country | Brazil |
| City | Iguassu Falls, PR |
| Period | 07/7/11 → 07/7/13 |
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Keywords
- GIS
- Thermal image
- Urban canopy feature
- Urban heat island
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Civil and Structural Engineering
- Development
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Urban Studies
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Mapping the spatial structure of urban canopy layers with GIS and remotely sensed TIR images. / Yan, Wanglin.
Proceedings of 10th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management, CUPUM 2007. Utrecht University, 2007. p. 1-13.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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