Land use change impact on urban land surface temperatures: A GIS-supported satellite-based case study

This paper illustrates the use of GIS techniques and satellite data in order to analyze impact land change on local urban microclimate. Specifically, a case study is presented that concerns city Vienna. Thereby, satellite-based images were used classify Vienna into four zones toward computation surface temperatures two reference years. The classified maps then statistically projected future, resulting predicted temperatures. findings highlight relationship between urbanization temperature rise context. from Landsat 8 2013 2020. Land cover generated with QGIS for past current conditions future corresponding predicted. analysis highlighted increase correlates urbanization-driven cover.