Impact of Urban Agglomeration and Physical and Socioeconomic Factors on Surface Urban Heat Islands in the Pearl River Delta Region, China

An understanding of the driving factors of urban heat islands could improve the urban thermal environment and provide planning strategies for sustainable urban/regional development. We selected Guangdong province in China as a case area, which covers 21 cities and more than 110 million pe...

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Main Authors: Zhifeng Wu, Yong Xu, Zheng Cao, Jinxin Yang, Hong Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2021-01-01
Series:IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9525243/