Water,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
17(1), P. 80 - 80
Published: Dec. 31, 2024
Urban
water
bodies
play
a
critical
role
in
regulating
urban
climate,
mitigating
the
heat
island
effect,
and
enhancing
ecological
environments.
This
study
focuses
on
five
typical
cities
Zhejiang
Province,
systematically
analyzing
cooling
effects
of
bodies.
Specifically,
divides
buffer
zones
into
basic
analytical
units
based
road
network
performs
land
surface
temperature
inversion
use
classification
using
Google
Earth
Engine
platform.
Six
representative
morphology
indicators
are
selected,
contributions
these
to
evaluated
Gradient
Boosting
Decision
Tree
regression
model.
Additionally,
optimization
strategies
for
different
proposed.
The
results
show
following:
(1)
Water
central
areas
generally
exhibit
significant
effects,
with
average
reduction
exceeding
5.13
°C
compared
built-up
all
cities.
(2)
is
higher
than
that
areas,
difference
at
least
0.63
°C.
(3)
In
Huzhou
Jiaxing,
high-temperature
low-temperature
relatively
concentrated,
while
Jinhua,
Quzhou,
Shaoxing,
more
interspersed
distribution
observed,
reflecting
spatial
heterogeneity.
(4)
Among
body
indicators,
edge
density,
proportion
landscape
area
occupied
by
patches,
largest
patch
index
water,
shape
exert
larger
impact
effects.
These
findings
provide
scientific
guidance
optimizing
layout
improving
thermal
Land,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
14(3), P. 480 - 480
Published: Feb. 26, 2025
Connectivity
is
crucial
for
species
conservation,
but
most
assessments
define
connectivity
solely
in
terms
of
protected
or
natural
areas
and
land
covers
without
regard
the
underlying
thermal
environment.
As
climate
change
accelerates,
it
becoming
increasingly
important
to
not
only
assess
use
cover
changes
(LULCC)
also
how
surface
temperatures
are
evolving
creating
more
fragmented
refuges
over
time.
This
research
investigates
environment
has
changed
time
Phoenix,
Arizona,
USA,
a
desert
city
southwestern
United
States,
spatial
patterns
cooler
within
heat
landscape,
“heatscape,”
may
be
affecting
wildlife
habitat
availability
alongside
LULCC.
We
quantify
structural
functional
using
suite
metrics
from
landscape
ecology
demonstrate
distribution
configuration
these
critical
last
35
years
what
implications
many
living
this
Results
show
that
refuge
patches
have
been
shrinking
past
years,
with
declining
same
period.
A
key
inflection
point
was
identified
2000,
when
probability
were
connected
dropped
nearly
zero,
remained
at
low
level
ever
since.
These
shifts
tightly
coupled
LULCC
study
area,
particularly
loss
irrigated
agriculture
as
replaced
by
residential
other
developed
uses
Decreasing
water
security
region
threatens
reduce
and,
simultaneously,
those
refuges.
Introducing
through
engineered
materials
artificial
shade
help
offset
some
losses
lands.
The
findings
offer
perspective
conservation
advancing
formal
understanding
improving
relationship
between
ecological
processes.
