Thirty Years of Land Use/Land Cover Changes and Their Impact on Urban Climate: A Study of Kano Metropolis, Nigeria

Rapid urban expansion and the alteration of global land use/land cover (LULC) patterns have contributed substantially to the modification of urban climate, due to variations in Land Surface Temperature (LST). In this study, the LULC change dynamics of Kano metropolis, Nigeria, were analysed over the...

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Published in:Land
Main Authors: Auwalu Faisal Koko, Yue Wu, Ghali Abdullahi Abubakar, Akram Ahmed Noman Alabsi, Roknisadeh Hamed, Muhammed Bello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-10-01
Subjects:
land-use change
urban expansion
urban climate
geospatial mapping
spectral indices
remote sensing
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/11/1106

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