Abstract
In this study, we aim to understand the impact of land use on the urban heat island (UHI) effect across an urban area. Considering the case study of Wuhan, China, land use factors and land surface temperatures (LSTs) of 589 planning management units were quantified in order to identify the spatial autocorrelation of LST, which indicated that a traditional regression would be invalid. By investigating the relationships between land use factors and the LST in summer, based on spatial regression models including the spatial lag model and the spatial error model, four conclusions were derived. First, the spatial error model effectively explains the relationships between LST and land use factors. Second, the impact on LST of the percentage of industrial areas is significant even though the impacts of land cover and building-group morphology indicators are combined, indicating that anthropogenic heat emission of industrial production contributes to high LSTs. Third, the relationship between the percentage of commercial area and LST is significant in the Pearson correlation analysis and traditional regression models, while not significant in spatial error model, suggesting that the urban heat environment of a commercial area is determined by the land use factors of the surrounding area. Fourth, the UHI effect in industrial and commercial areas could be precisely mitigated by not locating industrial areas beside residential areas, and setting up buffer zones between commercial areas and surrounding traditional residential areas. Overall, the results of this study innovatively deepen the understanding of the impact of the percentage of different urban land use types on the urban heat environment at the scale of planning management units, which is conducive to formulating precise regulation measures for mitigating UHI effects and improving public health.
Highlights
It can be observed that the planning management unit with the highest land surface temperatures (LSTs) is located in the Zhuankou industrial park, which is characterized by concentrated contiguous industrial areas, and reached an LST of 34.27 ◦ C, whereas the management unit with the lowest LST
When the role of surrounding explanatory variables on LST in a particular area are taken into consideration by the spatial error model (SEM) model, we found that the contribution of commercial function to the urban heat island (UHI) effect was insignificant as compared with other land use indicators
On the basis of the above correlation analysis of PIA, PCA, and LST, we propose some planning strategies to optimize the spatial layout of industrial and commercial functions that are aimed at mitigating the UHI effect
Summary
Since urban heat waves and UHI could potentially interact, urban heatwaves caused by the superposition of UHI and climate warming would aggravate air pollution and increase energy consumption, and lead to an increase in human blood thickening and a decrease in visceral blood perfusion [5]. These changes would result in increased cardiovascular burden and seriously threaten the health of residents [6]. Consciously alleviating these intractable problems in relation to residents’ health and minimizing energy consumption by reducing the UHI effect is key to promoting sustainable development of both nations and cities
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