A study on the relationship between urban heat island phenomena and land use: a case study of Chiang Rai Municipality, Thailand

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Urban heat island Direct thermal measurement Mobile traverse Land cover surface Least squares analysis

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Puansurin, K.
Department of Computer Information System, Faculty of Business Administration and Liberal Arts, Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna, Chiangrai, Thailand.
Wongtragoon, U.
Department of Civil Engineering and Environment, Faculty of Engineering, Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna, Chiangrai, Thailand.
Suwanmaneepong, S.
Department of Agricultural Development and Resource Management, Faculty of Agricultural Technology, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand.

Abstract

The Urban Heat Island (UHI) has never considered as an issue in urban planning for Chiang Rai municipality where is considered an rapid economic growth with urban development. According to the result, at 15:00 h, it was found that the temperatures at some moving observed points was slightly increased and higher than the temperatures at the fixed weather station about 3–4 ℃ while, at 20:00 h. It was found that the temperatures at most moving observed points was obviously higher than the surrounding areas, especially in business areas which were 5–6 ℃. The thermal differences (Urban Heat Island: UHI) varied directly with the man-made structures but they were inversely affected with the natural areas following Y = 0.0393X1 – 0.7533 (R2 = 0.8996) and Y = -0.0393X2 + 3.1765 (R2 = 0.8996) equations.

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Puansurin, K., Wongtragoon, U., & Suwanmaneepong, S. (2020). A study on the relationship between urban heat island phenomena and land use: a case study of Chiang Rai Municipality, Thailand. International Journal of Agricultural Technology, 16(5), 1217–1226. retrieved from https://li04.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/IJAT/article/view/7421
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Vol. 16 No. 5 (2020): September
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