Spatial non-stationarity in the relationships between land cover and surface temperature in an urban heat island and its impacts on thermally sensitive populations

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 172-180

  Su, Yuan Fong ^a   Foody, Giles M ^a   Cheng, Ke Sheng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Land cover conversion; Spatial non stationarity; Surface temperature; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; LANDFORMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMAL POLLUTION;

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; CONVENTIONAL REGRESSION ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICALLY WEIGHTED REGRESSION; LAND COVER; SPATIAL NON-STATIONARITY; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN HEAT ISLAND INTENSITIES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

LAND COVER; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POPULATION;

TAIWAN; TAOYUAN [TAIWAN];

EID: 84863879982     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.05.016     Document Type: Article

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