Urban Expansion Coupled with Climate Change: The Scenario of Federal District of Brazil

Daniela Rocha Werneck (), Marta Adriana Bustos Romero, Maria Cristina Celuppi and João Paulo Assis Gobo
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Daniela Rocha Werneck: University of Brasilia
Marta Adriana Bustos Romero: University of Brasilia
Maria Cristina Celuppi: Mackenzie Presbiterian University
João Paulo Assis Gobo: Federal University of Rondônia – UNIR

Chapter Chapter 5 in Climate Change and Regional Socio-Economic Systems in the Global South, 2024, pp 71-86 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Brazil has made a voluntary commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as part of the National Policy on Climate Change. However, adaptation and mitigation measures for urban areas to promote climate resilience are still lacking. In this context, this chapter aims to explore the urban thermal environment of Brasília, Brazil. The city was inaugurated in 1960, and its Plano Piloto is a UNESCO World Heritage Site designed by Lucio Costa based on the principles of the modernist movement. In order to evaluate the intra-urban distribution of surface temperature and vegetation, satellite images and remote sensing techniques were used to generate thematic maps. From this information, an exploratory analysis of spatial data was performed to identify clusters where the surface temperature has positive, negative, or null autocorrelation. The results of the Moran indices pointed to the spatial dependence of the surface temperature, independent of the variability of the climatic seasons. Observation of urban fabric reveals that the trend toward higher surface temperature value is associated with morphological characteristics such as geometric properties, absence of vegetation and shade, and predominantly waterproofed surfaces.

Keywords: Urban warming; Urban greening; Land surface temperature; Spatial analysis; Urban planning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-97-3870-0_5

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