Investigation of the effect of urbanization on land surface temperature example of Bursa

Yamak, Beyzanur; Yağci, Zekeriya; Bilgilioğlu, Burhan Baha; Çömert, Resul

doi:10.26833/ijeg.658377

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“…Many studies have shown an 'urban heat island effect' as a common outcome of urbanization (Battles and Kolbe, 2019;Yamak et al, 2021). However, we find no evidence of elevated…”

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“…Land Surface Temperature (LST) is typically higher in urban areas, resulting in what is known as the urban heat island effect (Peng et al, 2012;Lee et al, 2014). Several studies associate the reduction of vegetation and increase in LST as an immediate effect of urbanization (Nalini, 2021;Yamak et al, 2021). An increase in LST could, however, be beneficial to some species; for example, the increase in grey-headed flying foxes Pteropus poliocephalus that roost in Melbourne has been attributed to higher urban temperatures (Parris and Hazell, 2005).…”

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An expanding cityscape and its multi-scale effects on lizard distribution

Thaker¹,

Amdekar²,

Mohanty³

et al. 2022

Front. Conserv. Sci.

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Urbanization results in complex and variable changes to environmental conditions, which translate to shifts in selection pressures for organisms. Size of a city as well as the intensity and extent of urbanization can synergistically influence how organisms are impacted. However, less is known about how landscape heterogeneity, rate of land-use change, and scale of urbanization affect species persistence. We evaluate the ways in which urbanization changes the environment and examine how some of these environmental factors influence the presence of the lizard Psammophilus dorsalis (Peninsular rock agama), in Bengaluru, India. Variability in environmental factors across the study area was characterised by measures of habitat composition and diversity, habitat connectivity, rate of habitat change, predation pressure, land surface temperature (LST) and artificial light at night (ALAN), that were derived from remotely sensed and citizen science data. Most of these factors showed high variance across two measures of urbanization: distance from city center and proportion of built-up area. Habitat diversity and ALAN were the only two factors that changed predictably and in a non-linear way, with distance from the city center and proportion of built-up area. We then used a multi-scale approach to examine the relative importance of some these environmental factors at the landscape scale, as well as additional factors at the microhabitat-scale, in predicting the presence and relative abundance of P. dorsalis respectively. At the landscape scale, LST, which is positively correlated with proportion of cropland, predicted lizard presence; whereas at the microhabitat scale, P. dorsalis was more likely to be found in sites with higher proportions of rocks. Overall, we demonstrate that urbanization can result in environmental predictors that do not vary linearly across the urbanization gradient. For the iconic rock agama, many of these environmental factors do not seem to be strong selection pressures that influence their distribution in the expanding cityscape. Whether this urban utilizer can continue to persist with increasing anthropogenic development is uncertain. To better understand drivers of species persistence, we emphasize the importance of quantifying urbanization across multiple axes, considering environmental factors that are relevant to species at different spatial and temporal scales.

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“…Many studies have shown an 'urban heat island effect' as a common outcome of urbanization (Battles and Kolbe, 2019;Yamak et al, 2021). However, we find no evidence of elevated…”

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confidence: 83%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

An expanding cityscape and its multi-scale effects on lizard distribution

Thaker¹,

Amdekar²,

Mohanty³

et al. 2022

Front. Conserv. Sci.

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“…When considering urban environments and opportunities for work, education, health, and housing (Haddad & Aouachria, 2015;Yamak et al, 2021), the need for the development of mobility mechanisms is increasing, especially in view of its purpose of facilitating "the displacement of people and goods in the city due to its complex activities" (Araujo et al, 2011).…”

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Consequences of covid-19: urban thermal variation and social repercussion

Azzulin

Jedyn

Centurion

et al. 2022

R. Bras. Planej. Desenvolv.

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Thermal variation is a common urban phenomenon, from small to large cities, both due to anthropic origin and natural causes. Due to the influence of COVID 19, there was a reduction in social activities, mainly economic, which impacted both industrial production and the decrease in vehicle circulation. Such changes in habits affect urban thermal dynamics. Thus, the objective of the study is to identify whether the reduction of socioeconomic activities has affected the patterns of thermal variation in Curitiba, Brazil. For this analysis, Landsat 8 images from the years 2018, 2019 and 2020 were used to verify the temperature variation in the region, and the NDVI index was applied to verify the variation in permeable area in the capital. Thus, it was possible to observe that the average total surface temperature of Curitiba decreased by 1.6° C. It was also seen that in some areas the reduction was greater than others, and the variation between minimum and maximum temperature was 13.3° C. It is noteworthy that due to the reduction in green areas in the region, an increase in temperature was expected. The areas with the greatest change in temperature in degrees were those with large roads in Curitiba, places whose population has a low salary compared to more central neighbourhoods in the city. Although the virus raises great concern about the health of the population, a significant decrease in temperature can be observed, mainly caused by the circulation of vehicles.

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“…Therefore, several studies on lake's water temperature had been conducted. Yamak and Comert [27] used Landsat images for the extraction of the Land Surface Temperature (LST) map, and low LST values were observed in vegetated areas, forest areas, and wetlands. In the study of Xie et al [28], MODIS LST data were used to examine the spatial and temporal variations in lake surface water temperature (LSWT) of China's lakes between 2001 and 2016.…”

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Assessment of Spatio-Temporal Changes in Water Surface Extents and Lake Surface Temperatures Using Google Earth Engine for Lakes Region, Türkiye

Albarqouni

Yagmur

Balçık

et al. 2022

IJGI

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This study aims to extract water surface area and lake surface water temperature (LSWT), and to present long-term spatio-temporal analysis of these variables together with meteorological parameters. Three lakes in Türkiye’s Lakes Region, namely, Lake Burdur, Egirdir, and Beysehir, were considered as test sites. The normalized difference water index (NDWI) was applied to Landsat 5 and 8 data from 2000 to 2021 to extract the water extent in the Google Earth Engine (GEE) cloud-based platform. In addition to the lake surface area, Landsat thermal images were used to examine the LSWT. The findings indicated that water pixels could be extracted rather accurately using NDWI, with an overall accuracy of 98%. Between 2000 and 2021, the water surface area value of Lake Burdur decreased by more than 22%, while Lake Egirdir has dropped by less than 4%, and Lake Beysehir has not changed noticeably. LSWT of Burdur and Egirdir Lakes increased by more than 2.13 °C and 0.32 °C, respectively, while it decreased about 1.5 °C for Beysehir Lake. The obtained results were evaluated with meteorological parameters and our findings indicated that human-induced activities were more dominant than climate effects over Lake Burdur, unlike the others.

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Investigation of the effect of urbanization on land surface temperature example of Bursa

Cited by 10 publications

References 13 publications

An expanding cityscape and its multi-scale effects on lizard distribution

An expanding cityscape and its multi-scale effects on lizard distribution

Consequences of covid-19: urban thermal variation and social repercussion

Assessment of Spatio-Temporal Changes in Water Surface Extents and Lake Surface Temperatures Using Google Earth Engine for Lakes Region, Türkiye

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