The impact of land use and land cover changes on land surface temperature in a rapidly urbanizing megacity

This paper investigates the relationship between land use / land cover in the capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka. Significant differences were noted between the mean surface temperatures between land cover types. In addition the rapid urbanization of the megacity has been mapped, with the urban area expan...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dewan, Ashraf, Corner, Robert
Other Authors: Irena Hajnsek
Format: Conference Paper
Published: IEEE 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26210