Climate Variability and Industrial-Suburban Heat Environment in a Mediterranean Area

Giorgio, Giuseppina Anna; Ragosta, Maria; Telesca, Vito

doi:10.3390/su9050775

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“…In particular, the fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ascribed the dominant cause of the recent warming to human influence [6,7]. The overall effect of human activities on climate since the start of the industrial era has had a warming influence [8] especially in urban areas, leading to the Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomena [9][10][11]. However, warming is variable in different seasons or in different locations.…”

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Variability of Temperature and Its Impact on Reference Evapotranspiration: The Test Case of the Apulia Region (Southern Italy)

Elferchichi¹,

Giorgio

Lamaddalena

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Abstract:The present study provides an assessment of the climate variability at a subnational scale, focusing on the case of the Apulia region, in Southeastern Italy. The variables considered for the purpose of a trend analysis were the minimum, maximum, and mean temperatures, and reference evapotranspiration. These are very important in an urban-rural planning context. The study was based on 38 monitoring stations and consisted in the application of the nonparametric Mann-Kendall test and a progressive trend analysis, both used to detect the changes. The 1950-2003 period was investigated on seasonal and annual scales. The results generally showed a warming process and an acceleration of the atmospheric evaporative demand which took place especially since the mid-1970s. The latter had a significant positive trend, while the period before the break point of the 70s had a cooling effect. Finally, the warming effect was more pronounced for minimum temperatures.

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Variability of Temperature and Its Impact on Reference Evapotranspiration: The Test Case of the Apulia Region (Southern Italy)

Elferchichi¹,

Giorgio

Lamaddalena

et al. 2017

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“…The urban heat island (UHI) effect is a most crucial issue, as its generation and evolution are closely related to social and economic activities. Studies on the distribution of UHI and its evolutionary mechanism have become a hot topic in multi-disciplines [3][4][5]. Furthermore, UHI also leads to an urban rain island effect, which concentrates heavy rain during the flood season and causes regional water logging in megacities such as Shanghai [6].…”

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Surface Urban Heat Island Analysis of Shanghai (China) Based on the Change of Land Use and Land Cover

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Abstract:In this paper, we present surface urban heat island (SUHI) analysis of Shanghai (China) based on the change in land use and land cover using satellite Landsat images from 2002 to 2013. With the rapid development of urbanization, urban ecological and environmental issues have aroused widespread concern. The urban heat island (UHI) effect is a crucial problem, as its generation and evolution are closely related to social and economic activities. Land-use and land-cover change (LUCC) is the key in analyzing the UHI effect. Shanghai, one of China's major economic, financial and commercial centers, has experienced high development density for several decades. A tremendous amount of farmland and vegetation coverage has been replaced by an urban impervious surface, leading to an intensive SUHI effect, especially in the city's center. Luckily, the SUHI trend has slowed due to reasonable urban planning and relevant green policies since the 2010 Expo. Data analyses demonstrate that an impervious surface (IS) has a positive correlation with land surface temperature (LST) but a negative correlation with vegetation and water. Among the three factors, impervious surface is the most relevant. Therefore, the policy implications of land use and control of impervious surfaces should pay attention to the relief of the current SUHI effect in Shanghai.Keywords: surface urban heat island (SUHI); land-use and land-cover change (LUCC); land surface temperature (LST); Shanghai; NDVI; MNDWI

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“…The Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect has become more serious with the growth of urban areas and global climate change [1,2]. Studies have shown that the spatial extent and population of urban areas are increasing globally, and that the growth is expected to continue beyond the year 2100 [3,4].…”

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Relationship between Park Composition, Vegetation Characteristics and Cool Island Effect

Wang

Cheng

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Abstract:The Land Surface Temperature (LST) of a park is lower than the surrounding environment, and thus the parkland forms a Park Cool Island (PCI). However, more case studies are needed to reveal the relationship between park composition, vegetation characteristic and PCI development. The LST and Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) of 18 different sized parks in Changzhou, China were obtained from Landsat-8 and Mapworld Changzhou data. Then, a sample investigation method was used to calculate vegetation characteristics of these parks by an i-Tree Eco model. In order to reduce the impact from the external environment on PCI, the Temperature Drop Amplitude (TDA) and Temperature Drop Range (TR) inside the parks were analyzed by ArcGIS 9.3. Impact factors were tested by Pearson correlation analysis and curve fit to reveal the relationship between these factors and PCI formation. The result shows that a park area threshold of 1.34 to 17 hectares provides the best PCI effect, that park shape (perimeter/area), Leaf Area Index (LAI), density, tree cover, water cover, and impervious surface cover have significant correlation with PCI development, vegetation health and global climate change affect the PCI development. Advice is proposed to improve and maintain PCI effects.

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Climate Variability and Industrial-Suburban Heat Environment in a Mediterranean Area

Cited by 25 publications

References 30 publications

Variability of Temperature and Its Impact on Reference Evapotranspiration: The Test Case of the Apulia Region (Southern Italy)

Variability of Temperature and Its Impact on Reference Evapotranspiration: The Test Case of the Apulia Region (Southern Italy)

Surface Urban Heat Island Analysis of Shanghai (China) Based on the Change of Land Use and Land Cover

Relationship between Park Composition, Vegetation Characteristics and Cool Island Effect

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