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Evaluation of Urban Thermal Comfort and Its Relationship with Land Use/Land Cover Change: A Case Study of Three Urban Agglomerations, China

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  • Yuqing Shu

    (School of Environment and Spatial lnformatics, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221000, China)

  • Kang Zou

    (School of Environment and Spatial lnformatics, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221000, China)

  • Guie Li

    (School of Public Policy & Management, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221000, China)

  • Qingwu Yan

    (School of Public Policy & Management, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221000, China)

  • Siyu Zhang

    (School of Environment and Spatial lnformatics, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221000, China)

  • Wenhao Zhang

    (School of Environment and Spatial lnformatics, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221000, China)

  • Yuqing Liang

    (School of Environment and Spatial lnformatics, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221000, China)

  • Wenzhou Xu

    (School of Environment and Spatial lnformatics, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221000, China)

Abstract

With the acceleration of urbanization in China, the urban surface thermal environment has undergone significant changes. This work aims to calculate the urban thermal comfort index using a temperature and humidity model with the land surface temperature and relative humidity. It also aims to explain the association between the land use/land cover change (LUCC) and urban surface thermal environment of the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei (BTH) Region, the Guangdong–Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) and the Yangtze River Delta (YZD) in 2020, 2015, 2010 and 2005 using geographically weighted regression. The results reveal that (1) the three urban agglomerations have substantial heat island intensity regions, which are clustered and zonally distributed, and the annual average rates of the heat island area growth in the three regions are 1.01%, 1.41% and 1.09%, respectively. (2) Many uncomfortable areas exist in the three urban agglomerations, with an exponential growth trend in summer, and the annual average proportion of the uncomfortable areas in the three regions are 60.8%, 56.8% and 49.4%, respectively. (3) From the spatial point of view, the high-thermal comfort index areas of Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao expand to the coast, and the high-index areas of the Yangtze River Delta expand to the inland. In terms of time, the annual distribution of thermal comfort in Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei is discrete, but the annual distribution of thermal comfort in Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao and the Yangtze River Delta is concentrated. (4) In LUCC, the change intensity in construction land has a remarkable effect on the change in thermal comfort. The areas where the thermal comfort index increases positively correlate with the areas where the construction land increases. This study enriches the research on the impact of LUCC on urban ecological performance, and thus provides the necessary scientific basis for urban environment construction.

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  • Yuqing Shu & Kang Zou & Guie Li & Qingwu Yan & Siyu Zhang & Wenhao Zhang & Yuqing Liang & Wenzhou Xu, 2022. "Evaluation of Urban Thermal Comfort and Its Relationship with Land Use/Land Cover Change: A Case Study of Three Urban Agglomerations, China," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(12), pages 1-16, November.
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