• DocumentCode
    2240966
  • 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
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    22-27 July 2012
  • Firstpage
    6337
  • Lastpage
    6339
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Munich
  • ISSN
    2153-6996
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1160-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    2153-6996
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6352709
  • Filename
    6352709