Influence of urbanization factors on surface urban heat island intensity: A comparison of countries at different developmental phases

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Cui, Yaoping ^a   Xu, Xinliang ^b   Dong, Jinwei ^b   Qin, Yaochen ^a  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

China; MODIS; Space for time; SUHII; USA

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEAT ISLAND; LAND SURFACE; MODIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBAN CLIMATE; URBANIZATION; WORLD CITY;

CHINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84983799723     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8080706     Document Type: Article

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