Spatial Process of Surface Urban Heat Island in Rapidly Growing Seoul Metropolitan Area for Sustainable Urban Planning Using Landsat Data (1996–2017)

The urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon is an important research topic in the scholarly community. There are only few research studies related to the UHI in the Seoul metropolitan area (SMA). Therefore, this study examined the impact of urbanization on the formation of UHI in the SMA as a geospatial...

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Main Authors: Prabath Priyankara, Manjula Ranagalage, DMSLB Dissanayake, Takehiro Morimoto, Yuji Murayama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-09-01
Series:Climate
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/7/9/110