Assessing the stability of annual temperatures for different urban functional zones
نویسندگان
چکیده
The urban functional zone (UFZ) is the basic unit of urban planning, which is defined as an area of similar social and economic functions. Despite the importance of UFZs, the stability of their annual temperature between winter and summer has seldom been investigated. With an understanding of the thermal impacts that planning decisions can have, it is essential to know how UFZs can be designed to regulate temperatures in the urban environment. 690 UFZs were identified using ALOS images in 2009 in Beijing. Land surface temperature (LST) was extracted from daytime Landsat TM (2002) and ASTER (2009) images. The regional LST variation of 31 district-sized sub-regions was correlated to the types of UFZs in the region and structural features of the region such as area, size, diversity, complexity and connectivity. Results showed that: (1) UFZ types, in order from highest to lowest LST variation, were commercial, campus, high density residential, water, recreational, low density residential, road, preservation, and agricultural zones; (2) the regional LST variation was positively correlated with the area of campus, commercial, high density residential, water, and road zones, but negatively correlated with the area of agricultural and low density residential zones; (3) increased connectivity and complexity decreased regional LST variations. The results indicated that the stability of annual temperatures was determined not only by the UFZ type and size but also by the connectivity and complexity. These results are clearly useful and essential pieces of information that can be applied in urban planning to improve climate adaptability. Crown Copyright 2013 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
منابع مشابه
Energy Study at Different Temperatures for Active Site of Azurin in Water, Ethanol, Methanol and Gas Phase by Monte Carlo Simulations
The interaction between the solute and the solsent molecules play a crucial role in understanding the various molecular processes involved in chemistry and biochemistry, so in this work the potential energy of active site of azurin have been calculated in solvent by the Monte Carlo simulation. In this paper we present quantitative results of Monte Carlo calculations of potential energies of ...
متن کاملStudy of 5-Picrylamino-1,2,3,4-tetrazole(PAT) with nanostructures of fullerene and boron nitride nano-cages in different conditions of temperature, using density functional theory
High Energy Materials is a term that is used for explosives, propellants and pyrotechnics. Explosives are used for military applications. 5-Picrylamino-1,2,3,4-tetrazole(PAT) is an explosive substance. In this study the reactions of the 5-Picrylamino-1,2,3,4-tetrazole(PAT) with nanostructures of fullerene and boron nitride nano-cages in different conditions of temperature, with density function...
متن کاملStudy of 5-Picrylamino-1,2,3,4-tetrazole(PAT) with nanostructures of fullerene and boron nitride nano-cages in different conditions of temperature, using density functional theory
High Energy Materials is a term that is used for explosives, propellants and pyrotechnics. Explosives are used for military applications. 5-Picrylamino-1,2,3,4-tetrazole(PAT) is an explosive substance. In this study the reactions of the 5-Picrylamino-1,2,3,4-tetrazole(PAT) with nanostructures of fullerene and boron nitride nano-cages in different conditions of temperature, with density function...
متن کاملAssessing the Implementation of the Functional Principles of Transit Oriented Development in the Mirdamad Station Complex
متن کامل
تأثیر دمای هوا و دمای منطقه ریشه بر عملکرد و تثبیت نیتروژن سه گونه یونجه یکساله
In order to study the effect of air and root-zone temperature on yield, yield components, nodulation and nitrogen fixation of three annual medics, an experiment was conducted in controlled environment (growth chamber) at the Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University in 2006. The experiment was performed as a spilt split plot with the layout of completely randomized design with three re...
متن کامل