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Spatial Modeling of Urban Vegetation and Land Surface Temperature: A Case Study of Beijing

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  • Chudong Huang

    (College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University of Technology, No. 18 Chaowang Rd., Hangzhou 210014, China)

  • Xinyue Ye

    (Department of Geography, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA)

Abstract

The coupling relationship between urban vegetation and land surface temperature (LST) has been heatedly debated in a variety of environmental studies. This paper studies the urban vegetation information and LST by utilizing a series of remote sensing imagery covering the period from 1990 to 2007. Their coupling relationship is analyzed, in order to provide the basis for ecological planning and environment protection. The results show that the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), urban vegetation abundance (UVA) and urban forest abundance (UFA) are negatively correlated with LST, which means that both urban vegetation and urban forest are capable in decreasing LST. The apparent influence of urban vegetation and urban forest on LST varies with the spatial resolution of the imagery, and peaks at the resolutions ranging from 90 m to 120 m.

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  • Chudong Huang & Xinyue Ye, 2015. "Spatial Modeling of Urban Vegetation and Land Surface Temperature: A Case Study of Beijing," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 7(7), pages 1-27, July.
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    1. Y.H. Dennis Wei & Xinyue Ye, 2009. "Beyond Convergence: Space, Scale, And Regional Inequality In China," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 100(1), pages 59-80, February.
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