Impact of Land Use and Land Cover Changes on Urban Land Surface Temperature

The objectives of this chapter are to quantify the impact of land use and land cover (LULC) changes on land surface temperature (LST) and to map the changes in the spatial and temporal distribution of LST. A transition matrix was used to determine LULC changes in a multi-temporal manner. LST was ret...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dewan, Ashraf, Corner, Robert
Other Authors: Ashraf Dewan and Robert Corner
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Springer Geography 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21356