کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
94086 160254 2013 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Mitigating surface urban heat island by a tree protection policy: A case study of The Woodland, Texas, USA
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک جنگلداری
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Mitigating surface urban heat island by a tree protection policy: A case study of The Woodland, Texas, USA
چکیده انگلیسی

The Woodlands Township, TX, has a tree protection policy that consists of tree removal permits and minimum tree and shrub cover regulations. This paper examined the effect of The Woodlands’ tree protection policy on surface urban heat island (SUHI) at the neighborhood scale by comparing the mean land surface temperatures (LSTs) derived from 37 thermal infrared bands of Landsat TM images between The Woodlands’ neighborhoods and nearby control neighborhoods without such a policy. To rule out the effect of confounding factors that may influence LSTs, the control neighborhoods were selected to be similar in physical and socioeconomic status to The Woodlands’ neighborhoods. LSTs of The Woodlands’ neighborhoods were, on average, 1.5–3.9 °C lower than those of the control neighborhoods. The cooling effect of The Woodlands’ tree protection policy was more prominent in summer when SUHI mitigation was mostly needed. Based on these findings, it can be concluded that a local tree protection policy is effective in mitigating SUHI at the neighborhood scale.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Urban Forestry & Urban Greening - Volume 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 474–480
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