Assessing UHI Impacts of Land Use Changes in Urban Development Areas through LCZ Classification
Abstract The study investigates the impact of the land use changes on the urban heat island effect ratio (UHIER), focusing on the urban development fringe of Ankara, Türkiye. Initially characterized by rural land uses the areas has experienced significant transformations into residential estates, mo...
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| author | Muzeyyen Anil Senyel Kurkcuoglu Mehtap Ozenen-Kavlak Halil Duymus Saye Nihan Cabuk |
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| description | Abstract The study investigates the impact of the land use changes on the urban heat island effect ratio (UHIER), focusing on the urban development fringe of Ankara, Türkiye. Initially characterized by rural land uses the areas has experienced significant transformations into residential estates, mostly including high-rise blocks and low-rise villas. Urban development patterns in 2013 and 2023 were compared with changes in UHIER and local climate zone classes (LCZCs) using RS and GIS techniques for UHIER calculation, and the World Urban Database and Access Portal Tools (WUDAPT) protocol for LCZ mapping. Overall, UHIER values have a tendency to rise, as areas with increaing UHIER are found to be twice as large as those with decreasing UHIER. Increasing UHIER is highly associated with increases in open high-rise and sparsely built areas, accompanied by decreases in low plants. UHIER, on the other hand, is mosly characterized by a reduction in large low-rise built-types. The parts where UHIER remains unchanged suggests that although compact high-rise, open high-rise, and sparsely built areas have increased, the reduction in other built types—particularly large low-rise areas—along with a rise in tree density, appears to balance these changes. Therefore, to prevent high UHI impact when the area is fully developed, more landscaping features, particularly trees, can be integrated and mid-rise and low-rise developments can be preferred over high-rises, ensuring the efficient land use. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e5cf1b0ae8354d839cdc3955512066bd2025-08-20T04:01:53ZengSpringerComputational Urban Science2730-68522025-08-015112010.1007/s43762-025-00200-1Assessing UHI Impacts of Land Use Changes in Urban Development Areas through LCZ ClassificationMuzeyyen Anil Senyel Kurkcuoglu0Mehtap Ozenen-Kavlak1Halil Duymus2Saye Nihan Cabuk3Department of City and Regional Planning, Faculty of Architecture, Middle East Technical UniversityDepartment of Geography, Faculty of Open and Distance Education, İstanbul UniversityDepartment of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Çukurova UniversityInstitute of Earth and Space Sciences, Geodesy and Geographical Information Technologies Department, Eskisehir Technical UniversityAbstract The study investigates the impact of the land use changes on the urban heat island effect ratio (UHIER), focusing on the urban development fringe of Ankara, Türkiye. Initially characterized by rural land uses the areas has experienced significant transformations into residential estates, mostly including high-rise blocks and low-rise villas. Urban development patterns in 2013 and 2023 were compared with changes in UHIER and local climate zone classes (LCZCs) using RS and GIS techniques for UHIER calculation, and the World Urban Database and Access Portal Tools (WUDAPT) protocol for LCZ mapping. Overall, UHIER values have a tendency to rise, as areas with increaing UHIER are found to be twice as large as those with decreasing UHIER. Increasing UHIER is highly associated with increases in open high-rise and sparsely built areas, accompanied by decreases in low plants. UHIER, on the other hand, is mosly characterized by a reduction in large low-rise built-types. The parts where UHIER remains unchanged suggests that although compact high-rise, open high-rise, and sparsely built areas have increased, the reduction in other built types—particularly large low-rise areas—along with a rise in tree density, appears to balance these changes. Therefore, to prevent high UHI impact when the area is fully developed, more landscaping features, particularly trees, can be integrated and mid-rise and low-rise developments can be preferred over high-rises, ensuring the efficient land use.https://doi.org/10.1007/s43762-025-00200-1Urban heat islandLocal climate zonesLand-use changeUrban developmentGISRS |
| spellingShingle | Muzeyyen Anil Senyel Kurkcuoglu Mehtap Ozenen-Kavlak Halil Duymus Saye Nihan Cabuk Assessing UHI Impacts of Land Use Changes in Urban Development Areas through LCZ Classification Computational Urban Science Urban heat island Local climate zones Land-use change Urban development GIS RS |
| title | Assessing UHI Impacts of Land Use Changes in Urban Development Areas through LCZ Classification |
| title_full | Assessing UHI Impacts of Land Use Changes in Urban Development Areas through LCZ Classification |
| title_fullStr | Assessing UHI Impacts of Land Use Changes in Urban Development Areas through LCZ Classification |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing UHI Impacts of Land Use Changes in Urban Development Areas through LCZ Classification |
| title_short | Assessing UHI Impacts of Land Use Changes in Urban Development Areas through LCZ Classification |
| title_sort | assessing uhi impacts of land use changes in urban development areas through lcz classification |
| topic | Urban heat island Local climate zones Land-use change Urban development GIS RS |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1007/s43762-025-00200-1 |
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