Impact of land use and land cover changes on the ambient temperature in a middle scale city, Takamatsu, in Southwest Japan |
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Authors: | Atsuko Nonomura Mutsuko Kitahara Takuro Masuda |
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Institution: | aDepartment of Safety Systems Construction Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kagawa University, Hayashicho 2217-20, Takamatsu, Kagawa 761-0396, Japan;bFukken Co. Ltd., Nishikicho 1-3-9, Takamatsu, Kagawa 760-0020, Japan |
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Abstract: | There is a lack of information on urban heat island impact on the thermal environment due to low populated urban sprawl, although densely populated urban sprawl impact has been identified by several researchers. The Takamatsu area has recently developed in a low populated urban sprawl style without any increase in population. This paper examined the impact of a low populated urban sprawl on the thermal environment through an analysis of the last 30 years data set and investigated the contribution of vegetation fraction and population density to the temperature trend. As a consequence, it was shown that one of the most significant causative factors of temperature increase is an expansion of non-vegetated area even without population growth. This result implied that vegetated zones should be maintained in urban areas in order to realize sustainable urbanization. |
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Keywords: | Urban heat island Temperature increase Land use/cover change |
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