Title :
The impact of land use and land cover changes on land surface temperature in a rapidly urbanizing megacity
Author :
Dewan, Ashraf M. ; Corner, Robert J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Spatial Sci., Curtin Univ., Bentley, WA, Australia
Abstract :
This paper investigates the relationship between land use / land cover in the capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka. Significant differences were noted between the mean surface temperatures between land cover types. In addition the rapid urbanization of the megacity has been mapped, with the urban area expanding by 67% since 1990.
Keywords :
land surface temperature; terrain mapping; Bangladesh; Dhaka; land cover change; land cover types; land surface temperature; land use change; mean surface temperatures; rapidly urbanizing megacity; urban area; Land surface; Land surface temperature; Meteorology; Remote sensing; Satellites; Temperature distribution; Temperature sensors; Geographic Information Systems; Remote Sensing; Urban areas;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1160-1
Electronic_ISBN :
2153-6996
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6352709
