Mapping of Local Climate Zones and Heat Hazard Assessment from a Historical-Future Perspective

Achieving the sustainable development goals puts new demands on land use/land cover (LULC) forecasting and thermal environment improvement. Local climate zone (LCZ) characterization reduces LULC uncertainty in climate research. This study designed a future multiscenario LCZ thermal enviro...

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Main Authors: Jiayi Ren, Jun Yang, Wenbo Yu, Nan Cong, Xiangming Xiao, Jianhong Xia, Xueming Li
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Published: IEEE 2024-01-01
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author Jiayi Ren
Jun Yang
Wenbo Yu
Nan Cong
Xiangming Xiao
Jianhong Xia
Xueming Li
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Nan Cong
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description Achieving the sustainable development goals puts new demands on land use/land cover (LULC) forecasting and thermal environment improvement. Local climate zone (LCZ) characterization reduces LULC uncertainty in climate research. This study designed a future multiscenario LCZ thermal environment assessment framework that integrates remote sensing images, a patch-level land use simulation model, and a contribution algorithm. An urban heat island (UHI) classification was used to represent the degree of heat hazard. We sought to quantitatively evaluate the spatiotemporal distribution of LCZ and its heat hazard and explore the coordination mode of LULC patterns and the thermal environment. We considered four future scenarios: a natural development scenario (NDS), urban development scenario (UDS), food security scenario, and ecological protection scenario. The results show that the Shenyang metropolitan area has experienced large-scale land urbanization, forming the main UHI areas with Shenyang–Fushun, Liaoyang–Anshan, and Fuxin as the core. This is expected to become the first area for heat hazard management in the future. The areas that produce heat hazards are mainly distributed as LCZ D and building-LCZs. By 2060, the average heat hazard in the UDS is expected to increase by 1.035 °C and that in the NDS by 0.286 °C compared to that in 2020. From the perspective of the “historical future,” the study results provide a theoretical reference for the continuous improvement of environmental quality in the new era, promoting the coordinated development of metropolitan areas and actively responding to climate change.
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spelling doaj-art-7ef8446b337b407ab5be89f23503f5c32025-08-20T03:01:30ZengIEEEIEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing1939-14042151-15352024-01-0117126221263610.1109/JSTARS.2024.342454210588980Mapping of Local Climate Zones and Heat Hazard Assessment from a Historical-Future PerspectiveJiayi Ren0https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6544-123XJun Yang1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6740-4358Wenbo Yu2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1391-7910Nan Cong3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8297-3751Xiangming Xiao4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0956-7428Jianhong Xia5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2593-9423Xueming Li6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4486-675XNortheastern University, Shenyang, ChinaHuman Settlements Research Center, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, ChinaNortheastern University, Shenyang, ChinaKey Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaDepartment of Microbiology and Plant Biology, Center for Spatial Analysis, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USASchool of Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS), Curtin University, Perth, AustraliaHuman Settlements Research Center, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, ChinaAchieving the sustainable development goals puts new demands on land use/land cover (LULC) forecasting and thermal environment improvement. Local climate zone (LCZ) characterization reduces LULC uncertainty in climate research. This study designed a future multiscenario LCZ thermal environment assessment framework that integrates remote sensing images, a patch-level land use simulation model, and a contribution algorithm. An urban heat island (UHI) classification was used to represent the degree of heat hazard. We sought to quantitatively evaluate the spatiotemporal distribution of LCZ and its heat hazard and explore the coordination mode of LULC patterns and the thermal environment. We considered four future scenarios: a natural development scenario (NDS), urban development scenario (UDS), food security scenario, and ecological protection scenario. The results show that the Shenyang metropolitan area has experienced large-scale land urbanization, forming the main UHI areas with Shenyang–Fushun, Liaoyang–Anshan, and Fuxin as the core. This is expected to become the first area for heat hazard management in the future. The areas that produce heat hazards are mainly distributed as LCZ D and building-LCZs. By 2060, the average heat hazard in the UDS is expected to increase by 1.035 °C and that in the NDS by 0.286 °C compared to that in 2020. From the perspective of the “historical future,” the study results provide a theoretical reference for the continuous improvement of environmental quality in the new era, promoting the coordinated development of metropolitan areas and actively responding to climate change.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10588980/Future multiple scenariosheat hazardlocal climate zone (LCZ)remote sensing imageShenyang metropolitan area
spellingShingle Jiayi Ren
Jun Yang
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Mapping of Local Climate Zones and Heat Hazard Assessment from a Historical-Future Perspective
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
Future multiple scenarios
heat hazard
local climate zone (LCZ)
remote sensing image
Shenyang metropolitan area
title Mapping of Local Climate Zones and Heat Hazard Assessment from a Historical-Future Perspective
title_full Mapping of Local Climate Zones and Heat Hazard Assessment from a Historical-Future Perspective
title_fullStr Mapping of Local Climate Zones and Heat Hazard Assessment from a Historical-Future Perspective
title_full_unstemmed Mapping of Local Climate Zones and Heat Hazard Assessment from a Historical-Future Perspective
title_short Mapping of Local Climate Zones and Heat Hazard Assessment from a Historical-Future Perspective
title_sort mapping of local climate zones and heat hazard assessment from a historical future perspective
topic Future multiple scenarios
heat hazard
local climate zone (LCZ)
remote sensing image
Shenyang metropolitan area
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10588980/
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