Title
Urban Heat Island Analysis over the Land Use Zoning Plan of Bangkok by Means of Landsat 8 Imagery.
Abstract
Surface urban heat island (SUHI) maps retrieved from spaceborne sensor data are increasingly recognized as an efficient scientific support to be considered in sustainable urban planning. By means of reflective and thermal data from Landsat 8 imagery in the time interval 2014-2016, this work deals with the SUHI pattern identification within the different land use categories of Bangkok city plan. This study first provides an overview of the SUHI phenomenon in Bangkok, then singles out the surface heating behavior in each land use category. To describe the SUHI dynamics within the different classes, the main statistics of the SUHI intensity (mean, standard deviation, maximum and minimum) are computed. Overall, the analysis points out that the categories placed in the city core (high-density residential; commercial; historical and military classes) exhibit the highest mean SUHI intensities (around 4 degrees C); whilst the vegetated pixels exert a less cool effect with respect to the greenery of categories mainly placed farther from the city center. The proposed analysis can help to identify if the land use plan requires targeted future actions for the SUHI mitigation; or if the maintenance of the current urban development model is in line with the environmental sustainability.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.3390/rs10030440
REMOTE SENSING
Keywords
Field
DocType
surface urban heat island,Bangkok,Landsat 8,urban planning,SUHI pattern
Urban heat island,Zoning,Environmental resource management,Remote sensing,Urban planning,Geology,Standard deviation,Pattern identification,Sustainability,Land use
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
10
3
2072-4292
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
4
0.52
7
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Chaiyapon Keeratikasikorn1101.67
Stefania Bonafoni25215.19