A Review of Urban Heat Island formation over changing climate and its impacts on Urban Land Use and Environments and Adaptation Measures

Authors : Sumanta DAS

Pages : 64-73

Doi:10.30897/ijegeo.938231

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Publication Date : 2022-03-06

Article Type : Review Paper

Abstract :Climate change and associated global warming adversely impact urban environments, which leads to the increasing of land surface temperature insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(LST); and the formation of urban heat islands insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(UHI);. In this study, the author has attempted to present current understandings of UHI formation over changing climate and its probable impacts on urban land use and environmental risks. The review provides a thorough understanding of the UHI and how this impacts urban communities, land use, and environments. In addition, the author has also addressed the quantification process of UHI in the Geospatial platform which helps monitor, assess, and predict the environmental risks at a local scale. The study demonstrated the advantages of earth observation data and Geo-Spatial technologies to detect and monitor the UHI over the temporal scale and a clear understanding of spatial data processing for quantification of UHI. The author finally suggested some best possible adaptation measures of UHI that can assist urban planners and policy makers to build resilient urban communities.
Keywords : Urban heat islands, Land surface temperature, Geo spatial technologies, Urban resilience, Environmental risks, Adaptation