Journal Title
Title of Journal: Landscape Ecol
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Abbravation: Landscape Ecology
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Publisher
Springer Netherlands
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Authors: Xiaoma Li Weiqi Zhou Zhiyun Ouyang Weihua Xu Hua Zheng
Publish Date: 2012/03/23
Volume: 27, Issue: 6, Pages: 887-898
Abstract
The urban heat island describes the phenomenon that air/surface temperatures are higher in urban areas compared to their surrounding rural areas Numerous studies have shown that increased percent cover of greenspace PLAND can significantly decrease land surface temperatures LST Fewer studies however have investigated the effects of configuration of greenspace on LST This paper aims to fill this gap using Beijing China as a case study PLAND along with six configuration metrics were used to measure the composition and configuration of greenspace The metrics were calculated based on a greenspace map derived from SPOT imagery and LST data were retrieved from Landsat TM thermal band Ordinary least squares regression and spatial autoregression were employed to investigate the relationship between LST and spatial pattern of greenspace using the census tract as the analytical unit The results showed that PLAND was the most important predictor of LST A 10 increase in PLAND resulted in approximately a 086 °C decrease in LST Configuration of greenspace also significantly affected LST Given a fixed amount of greenspace LST increased significantly with increased patch density In addition the variance of LST was largely explained by both composition and configuration of greenspace The unique variation explained by the composition was relatively small and was close to that of the configuration Results from this study can expand our understanding of the relationship between LST and vegetation and provide insights for improving urban greenspace planning and managementThis study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China 41030744 the National Key Technology Research and Development Program in the 12th Fiveyear Plan of China 2012BAC13B04 and the Special Foundation of the State Key Lab of Urban and Regional Ecology We sincerely thank the editor and three anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments and suggestions Much gratitude is given to Christina Wong at the Arizona State University who carefully reviewed the language of this manuscript
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