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How Urban Morphology Relates to the Urban Heat Island Effect: A Multi-Indicator Study by Biao Liu; Xian Guo; Jie Jiang is a Environmental Science article available to read on EtoBox.
What is How Urban Morphology Relates to the Urban Heat Island Effect: A Multi-Indicator Study about?
Urban morphology quantitatively expresses a city’s spatial structure, internal relationships, and physical form. It has advantages for predicting urban growth and analyzing the current state of cities in the literature. A comprehensive study on the complex relationships between urban morphology and urban heat island intensity (UHII) is of great importance for mitigating the urban heat island (UHI) effect for megacities. This study models urban morphological indicators in fine resolution based on three aspects: building morphology, ecological infrastructure, and human activities. The model accurately captures UHII by employing the definition of UHI effects. The relationship between urban morphology and UHII was further examined using extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost) and Shapley additive explanations (SHAP). By taking central Beijing, China as study area, major findings include the following: (1) Significant daytime UHI effects were observed within the research area, particularly during the summer months, when it appears to be most severe. More than 90% of the region experiences varying degrees of the UHI effects. (2) UHI is significantly correlated with both 2D and 3D urban morph
Who reads How Urban Morphology Relates to the Urban Heat Island Effect: A Multi-Indicator Study?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Environmental Science.
- Author
- Biao Liu; Xian Guo; Jie Jiang
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Environmental Science (Social Sciences)