Mapping the Influence of Land Use/Land Cover Changes on the Urban Heat Island Effect—A Case Study of Changchun, China

Chaobin Yang, Xingyuan He, Fengqin Yan, Lingxue Yu, Kun Bu, Jiuchun Yang, Liping Chang and Shuwen Zhang
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Chaobin Yang: Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, China
Xingyuan He: Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, China
Fengqin Yan: Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, China
Lingxue Yu: Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, China
Kun Bu: Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, China
Jiuchun Yang: Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, China
Liping Chang: Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, China
Shuwen Zhang: Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, China

Sustainability, 2017, vol. 9, issue 2, 1-17

Abstract: The spatio-temporal patterns of land use/land cover changes (LUCC) can significantly affect the distribution and intensity of the urban heat island (UHI) effect. However, few studies have mapped a clear picture of the influence of LUCC on UHI. In this study, both qualitative and quantitative models are employed to explore the effect of LUCC on UHI. UHI and LUCC maps were retrieved from Landsat data acquired from 1984, 1992, 2000, 2007, and 2014 to show their spatiotemporal patterns. The results showed that: (1) both the patterns of LUCC and UHI have had dramatic changes in the past 30 years. The urban area of Changchun increased more than four times, from 143.15 km2 in 1984 to 577.45 km2 in 2014, and the proportion of UHI regions has increased from 15.27% in 1984 to 29.62% in 2014; (2) the spatiotemporal changes in thermal environment were consistent with the process of urbanization. The average LST of the study area has been continuously increasing as many other land use types have been transformed to urban regions. The mean temperatures were higher in urban regions than rural areas over all of the periods, but the UHI intensity varied based on different measurements; and (3) the thermal environment inside the city varied widely even within a small area. The LST possesses a very strong positive relationship with impervious surface area (ISA), and the relationship has become stronger in recent years. The UHI we employ, specifically in this study, is SUHI (surface urban heat island).

Keywords: LUCC; urban heat island (UHI); spatio-temporal patterns; remote sensing; Changchun (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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