Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
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Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt
Title | A GIS extension model to calculate urban heat island intensity based on urban geometry |
Publication Type | Communications in International Conferences |
Year of Publication | 2015 |
Authors | Nakata-Osaki C. M., Souza C. L. Léa, and Rodrigues D. S. |
Abstract |
This paper presents a simulation model, which was incorporated into a Geographic Information System (GIS), in order to calculate the maximum intensity of urban heat islands based on urban geometry data. The method-ology of this study stands on a theoretical-numerical basis (Oke’s model), followed by the study and selection of existing GIS tools, the design of the calculation model, the incorporation of the resulting algorithm into the GIS platform and the application of the tool, developed as exemplification. The developed tool will help researchers to simulate UHI in different urban scenarios.
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Conference Name | The 14th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management |
Journal | Proceedings of CUPUM 2015 |
Pagination | 1-16 |
Date Published | 2015-07-31 |
Publisher | Joseph Ferreira, Jr. and Robert Goodspeed |
Conference Location | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA). |
ISBN | 978-3-319-18367-1 |
URL | http://web.mit.edu/cron/project/CUPUM2015/proceedings/Content/modeling/346_nakata-osaki_h.pdf |
Keywords | GIS, Urban geometry |
Rights | openAccess |
Peer reviewed | yes |
Status | published |
The Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC) is a research unit of the School of Engineering of University of Minho (UMinho), recognised by the “FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” (Foundation for Science and Technology), associated to the Department of Civil Engineering (DEC), with whom it shares resources and namely human resources.
Currently CTAC aggregates 25 researchers holding a PhD of which 20 are faculty professors of the Civil Engineering Department. Read more
Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt