Assessing diurnal land surface temperature variations across landcover and local climate zones: implications for urban planning and mitigation strategies on socio-economic factors

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dc.contributor.authorPalanisamy, Prathiba A.
dc.contributor.authorZawadzka, Joanna
dc.contributor.authorJain, Kamal
dc.contributor.authorBonafoni, Stefania
dc.contributor.authorTiwari, Anuj
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-10T12:53:32Z
dc.date.available2025-01-10T12:53:32Z
dc.date.freetoread2025-01-10
dc.date.issued2024-12-01
dc.date.pubOnline2024-10-29
dc.description.abstractRising temperatures and rapid urbanization globally reinforce the need to understand urban climates. We investigated the influence of land cover and local climate zones (LCZs) on diurnal land surface temperature (LST) in various seasons in greater Delhi region, India, and their implications on socio-economic factors. Day LST was the highest in the summer and night LST in the monsoon, which also had the lowest diurnal differences in LST. Higher height and density of built-up features contributed to greater heat at night. During the day, open built-up and vegetated areas experienced relatively less heat than their compact equivalents. The lowest diurnal difference was in medium height compact urban zones and tall vegetation. Social inequity in access to urban cooling was indicated by large low-income and heat-vulnerable populations inhabiting the hottest LCZs. This research highlighted that even in semi-arid and subtropical climates, spatial planning policy should consider both the seasonality and diurnal differences in temperature as much as appropriate morphologies for design of thermally comfortable and climate resilient urban spaces. These policies should address the evidenced social inequities in heat exposure to reduce the adverse health impacts on vulnerable groups and therefore contribute to wider societal and economic benefits of healthier populations.
dc.description.journalNameSustainable Cities and Society
dc.description.sponsorshipCommonwealth Scholarship Commission
dc.identifier.citationPalanisamy PA, Zawadzka J, Jain K, et al., (2024) Assessing diurnal land surface temperature variations across landcover and local climate zones: implications for urban planning and mitigation strategies on socio-economic factors. Sustainable Cities and Society, Volume 116, December 2024, Article number 105880
dc.identifier.eissn2210-6715
dc.identifier.elementsID555545
dc.identifier.issn2210-6707
dc.identifier.paperNo105880
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2024.105880
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/23359
dc.identifier.volumeNo116
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2210670724007042?via%3Dihub
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectLand Surface Temperature
dc.subjectLocal Climatic Zones
dc.subjectLand Cover
dc.subjectSocio-economic factors
dc.subjectDiurnal and Multi-temporal Analysis
dc.subject4406 Human Geography
dc.subject33 Built Environment and Design
dc.subject44 Human Society
dc.subjectSocial Determinants of Health
dc.subject13 Climate Action
dc.subject11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
dc.subject3302 Building
dc.subject3304 Urban and regional planning
dc.subject4406 Human geography
dc.titleAssessing diurnal land surface temperature variations across landcover and local climate zones: implications for urban planning and mitigation strategies on socio-economic factors
dc.typeArticle
dc.type.subtypeJournal Article
dcterms.dateAccepted2024-10-05

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