The urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon is a serious concern for urban planners and
policymakers, requiring effective and efficient mitigation policies. To develop such policies …

Climate change and the rapid urbanization process can trigger the current urban heat island
effect. An urban heat island is categorized by temperature variation between urban and rural …

With the sustainable development being a consensus in human society, assessment of
healthy development index in urban cities (HDI-UC) has been a hot concern in academia …

The impact of the rapid expansion of urban land on the urban thermal environment and
carbon chain has attracted widespread attention. This paper uses artificial neural network …

Abstract Changes in land use/land cover (LULC) and land surface temperatures (LST)
contribute significantly to the formation and intensity of urban heat islands (UHI) effects. The …

Human pressures, combined with changing hydrology and land resources, have a distinct
effect on the carbon chain and ecosystem resilience. The increase in urban areas …

Satellite images have been used extensively to identify the land use/land cover (LULC)
changes in Bangladesh. However, no study has been conducted to classify LULC changes …

Rapid urbanization over the world's dense urban centers cause an enormous change in the
land use land cover (LULC) over a metropolitan area, which adversely affects the land …

The large-scale urbanization has changed the surface characteristics of cities, seriously
affected the urban heat balance, and worsened the urban thermal environment. The …

Rapid urbanization owing to population growth and economic development has made
thermal environment-related studies increasingly prominent. This study aims to monitor and …