Is everyone hot in the city? Spatial pattern of land surface temperatures, land cover and neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics in Baltimore, MD

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1753-1759

  Huang, Ganlin ^a   Zhou, Weiqi ^a   Cadenasso, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Census; Heterogeneity; Land cover; Land surface temperature; Socio demographic characteristics; Spatial pattern; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; LANDFORMS; REFORESTATION; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMAL POLLUTION;

BLOCK GROUP; CENSUS; HETEROGENEITY; LAND COVER; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOCIAL FACTOR; SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AMBIENT AIR; DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHY; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC MINORITY; HETEROGENEITY; LAND COVER; LAND SURFACE; OZONE; POVERTY; PRIORITIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRIME; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ETHNICITY; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HEAT; HEAT WAVE; HUMAN; INCOME; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; LAND USE; NATURAL SCIENCE; POVERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; UNITED STATES;

BALTIMORE; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955579174     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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