An Evaluation of Surface Urban Heat Islands in Two Contrasting Cities

This thesis presents a comparative study on surface urban heat islands effects in Baghdad and Perth. The first part evaluates expansion of built-up areas and quantifies its effects on land surface temperature patterns. The second part examines the extent to which the urban thermal environment is inf...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hamoodi, Mustafa Naem
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/70733