Impacts of eco-environmental quality, spatial configuration, and landscape connectivity of urban vegetation patterns on seasonal land surface temperature in Harare metropolitan city, Zimbabwe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21835459 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pedzisai Kowe (0000-0001-5598-6581, University of KwaZulu-Natal, corresponding author), Onisimo Mutanga (0000-0002-7358-8111, University of KwaZulu-Natal), John Odindi (0000-0002-4934-1346, University of KwaZulu-Natal), Timothy Dube (0000-0003-3456-8991, University of the Western Cape) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 125-143 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Geographical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1937-6812 • E-ISSN: 2163-2642 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19376812.2022.2117215 |
| OpenAlex | W4294218783 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 58 |
The study examined the impact of eco-environmental quality conditions, spatial configurations and landscape connectivity of urban vegetation on seasonal land surface temperature (LST) in Harare, Zimbabwe between May and October 2018. The results showed that densely built-up areas with sparse vegetation experienced extremely poor eco-environmental conditions. Clustered and highly connected were more beneficial in decreasing LST. These findings have important urban and landscape planning implications regarding how the spatial configuration and landscape connectivity patterns of urban vegetation can be optimized to mitigate Urban Heat Island (UHI) effects and to improve the thermal comfort conditions in rapidly urbanizing cities
Air quality index · Environmental quality · Geography · Land use · Meteorology · Metropolitan area · Physical geography · Urban climate · Urban heat island · Urban planning · Urbanization · Environmental Science · Land Use and Ecosystem Services · Urban Green Space and Health · Urban Heat Island Mitigation · Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |