Spatial Analysis of Environmental Hazards

Spatial Analysis of Environmental Hazards

Evaluation of the effect of particulate matter and vegetation on the formation of heat and cold islands in Tehran

Authors
Seyed Kamyar Mortazavi-Asl 1
navidsaeidirezvani saeidirezvani 2
Mahmud Rezaei 3
1 Islamic Azad University, UAE
2 Islamic Azad University, Qazveen
3 Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch
Abstract
Evaluation of the effect of particulate matter and vegetation on the formation of heat and cold islands in Tehran

Seyed Kamyar Mortazavi Asl: PhD Student in Urban Planning, Islamic Azad University, UAE

Dr. Navid Saeedi Rezvani: Assistant Professor, Department of Urban Planning, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran

Dr. Mahmud Rezaei: Associate Professor, Department of Urban Planning, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran



Abstract:

Global warming and the heat islands of cities are one of the biggest challenges in the world today. Cold islands is a word that stands in front of heat islands and refers to areas of the city that have lower temperatures than the surrounding areas. In this study, in order to investigate the factors affecting the formation of cool and heat islands of the city, it was first obtained by using Landsat image processing and using the single-channel surface temperature algorithm. Then to investigate the parameters affecting the land surface temperature changes; Criteria for changes in particulate matter and changes in vegetation were considered. The NDVI index was used for vegetation and the algorithm proposed by Saraswat et al. was used for the amount of particulate matter. According to the results, the highest-ranking neighborhood for heat islands were in Bustan, Shahid Bagheri township and the airport, respectively, and the lowest amount of cool islands were in Baharan, Niavaran and Darband, respectively. Pearson coefficient obtained from the relationship between surface temperature and vegetation was -21.29%, which indicates the inverse relationship between temperature and vegetation, as well as the amount of vegetation index in hot and cold regions. Regarding the relationship between land surface temperature and air pollution, the correlation between these two parameters was equal to 19.31% and comparing the pollution index in areas with cold and warm islands showed that there is a significant relationship between reducing air pollutants and cold islands but the opposite is not true.



Keywords: Cool Islands, Tehran, LST, Air Pollution


Keywords
Cool Islands
Tehran
LST
Air pollution
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