Temporal Assessment of Land Use Land Cover (LULC), Land Surface Temperature, and Urban Heat Island Changes in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria: A Case Study of 2017 and 2023. DOI Creative Commons

Desmond Onyedika Okoye

Research Square (Research Square), Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 17, 2025

Abstract Land use and land cover (LULC) define how is shaped by human activities natural processes. As cities grow, forests shrink, farmlands expand, concrete landscapes replace green spaces. These changes disrupt environmental balance, influencing surface temperature (LST) intensifying the urban heat island (UHI) effect, where trap more than surrounding rural areas. Between 2017 2023, Benin City experienced rapid transformation. Tree dropped from 82.06–70.16%, an 11.9% decline, primarily due to expansion conversion. Built-up areas grew 9.49–15.29%, while cropland rangeland expanded 2.15% 4.19%, respectively. shifts fueled rising temperatures, with high-temperature zones (> 35°C) increasing 1.52% moderate-temperature (30–35°C) shrinking 6.11%. The UHI effect worsened as cooler (<-0.45) decreased 26.48%, accumulation intensified, moderate high expanding 14.56% 11.92%. Unchecked growth threatens stability. Reversing these trends requires afforestation programs restore lost vegetation, stricter planning control expansion, mitigation strategies such reflective roofing greenery. Sustainable management continuous monitoring through remote sensing technologies will help build a resilient livable City.

Language: Английский

Review—Smart Wearable Sensors for Health and Lifestyle Monitoring: Commercial and Emerging Solutions DOI Creative Commons
N. M. Cusack, Prabhuraj D. Venkatraman, Umar Raza

et al.

ECS Sensors Plus, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 3(1), P. 017001 - 017001

Published: March 1, 2024

The rapid growth of urbanisation has brought about various health concerns for citizens living in urban environments. Sedentary lifestyles, increased pollution levels, and high levels stress have become prevalent issues affecting the overall well-being populations. In recent years, emergence smart wearable devices offered a promising avenue to address these promote healthier lifestyles. This review evaluatse effectiveness wearables mitigating improving lifestyles citizens. involves 50 relevant peer-reviewed studies supporting literature from electronic databases PubMed, Ovid, Web Science, Scopus. Results indicate that potential positively impact by promoting physical activity, tracking vital signs, monitoring sleep patterns, providing personalised feedback recommendations activity levels. Furthermore, can help individuals manage enhance self-awareness, foster behaviours. However, also identifies several challenges, including accuracy reliability data, user engagement adherence, ethical considerations regarding data privacy security.

Language: Английский

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Impact of urban street geometry on outdoor pedestrian thermal comfort during heatwave in Nagpur city DOI
Shivanjali Mohite, Meenal Surawar

Sustainable Cities and Society, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 108, P. 105450 - 105450

Published: April 28, 2024

Language: Английский

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Health effects of climate change in Africa: A call for an improved implementation of prevention measures DOI Creative Commons
Enos Moyo,

Leroy Nhari,

Perseverance Moyo

et al.

Eco-Environment & Health, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 2(2), P. 74 - 78

Published: May 8, 2023

The world's climate, particularly in Africa, has changed substantially during the past few decades, contributed by several human activities. Africa is one of continents that most vulnerable to climate change globally. Since beginning 2022, extreme weather events have affected about 19 million people and killed at least 4,000 individuals. Cyclones, floods, heatwaves, wildfires, droughts, famine were among severe occurrences. Natural disasters brought on may compromise access clean water, sanitation systems, healthcare facilities, making more a number illnesses. Floods drought can lead both communicable non-communicable diseases. African population likely experience mental health disorders than before because natural disasters, which result loss property sometimes lives frequently. We, therefore, call for an improved implementation strategies prevent effects so be maintained.

Language: Английский

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Modes of summertime thermal urban stress over major cities in the Middle East: A comprehensive assessment of heat exposure risks DOI
Ahmed El Kenawy, Hassan Aboelkhair, Emad K. Mohamed

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Sustainable Cities and Society, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 102, P. 105236 - 105236

Published: Jan. 25, 2024

Language: Английский

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Unlocking the potential of soil microbes for sustainable desertification management DOI
Waqar Islam,

Fanjiang Zeng,

Modhi O. Alotaibi

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Earth-Science Reviews, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 252, P. 104738 - 104738

Published: March 8, 2024

Language: Английский

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Research priorities for climate mobility DOI Creative Commons
Nicholas P. Simpson, Katharine J. Mach, Mark Tebboth

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One Earth, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 7(4), P. 589 - 607

Published: March 8, 2024

The escalating impacts of climate change on the movement and immobility people, coupled with false but influential narratives mobility, highlight an urgent need for nuanced synthetic research around mobility. Synthesis evidence gaps across Intergovernmental Panel Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report a to clarify understanding what conditions make human mobility effective adaptation option its outcomes, including simultaneous losses, damages, benefits. Priorities include integration development planning; involuntary vulnerability; gender; data cities; risk from responses maladaptation; public risk; transboundary, compound, cascading risks; nature-based approaches; planned retreat, relocation, heritage. Cutting these priorities, modalities better position as type process, praxis. Policies practices reflect diverse needs, experiences emphasizing capability, choice, freedom movement.

Language: Английский

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Exploring urban land surface temperature using spatial modelling techniques: a case study of Addis Ababa city, Ethiopia DOI Creative Commons
Seyoum Melese Eshetie

Scientific Reports, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(1)

Published: March 15, 2024

Abstract Urban areas worldwide are experiencing escalating temperatures due to the combined effects of climate change and urbanization, leading a phenomenon known as urban overheating. Understanding spatial distribution land surface temperature (LST) its driving factors is crucial for mitigation adaptation So far, there has been an absence investigations into spatiotemporal patterns explanatory LST in city Addis Ababa. The study aims determine temperature, analyze how relationships between vary across space, compare effectiveness using ordinary least squares geographically weighted regression model these connections. findings showed that show statistically significant hot spot zones north-central parts area (Moran’s I = 0.172). relationship variables were modelled square thereby tested if dependence Koenker (BP) Statistic.The result revealed non-stationarity (p 0.000) consequently was employed performance with OLS. research that, GWR (R 2 0.57, AIC 1052.1) more effective technique than OLS 0.42, 2162.0) studying selected variables. use improved accuracy by capturing heterogeneity Statistic. ((p Consequently, Localized understanding formulated.

Language: Английский

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Spatiotemporal analysis of surface Urban Heat Island intensity and the role of vegetation in six major Pakistani cities DOI Creative Commons
Shoaib Ahmad Anees, Kaleem Mehmood, S. K. Raza

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Ecological Informatics, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 102986 - 102986

Published: Dec. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Impact of Urban Expansion on the Formation of Urban Heat Islands in Isfahan, Iran: A Satellite Base Analysis (1990–2019) DOI

Zohreh Golestani,

Reza Borna,

Mohammad Ali Khaliji

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Journal of Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 8(2)

Published: Aug. 7, 2024

Language: Английский

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Impacts of Climate Change in Africa DOI
Samuel Chukwujindu Nwokolo, Rubee Singh, Shahbaz Khan

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CSR, sustainability, ethics & governance, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 237 - 262

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

Language: Английский

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