Abstract
This research looks at the impact of urban heat island in Gwagwalada urban and it's the rural surrounding area, it was achieved through the following; i) the change detection of Gwagwalada, ii) identifying the relationship between the rise in temperature as well as vegetation, iii) examining the effect of UHI on the inhabitants of Gwagwalada, iv) determining if Gwagwalada urban generates more heat than its rural environs. Lands at 7 and 8 satellite imageries were used to do the classification, NDVI, and land surface temperature analysis. While air temperature data from POWER climate data were applied toward analyzing the UHIindex. Change detection of the study area shows that in 2020 the increase in urbanization affected the area while features like vegetation and water body reduced due to climate change and urban concentration. Land surface temperature also increased in 2020 due to various activities in the study area and the construction of surface imperious structures in the area. From the result of the air temperature with the calculation of the UHIindex, it shows that temperature increased in the study area and some of the adaptation and mitigation measures were considered.
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