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Impacts of eco-environmental quality, spatial configuration, and landscape connectivity of urban vegetation patterns on seasonal land surface temperature in Harare metropolitan city, Zimbabwe

Impacts of eco-environmental quality, spatial configuration, and landscape connectivity of urban vegetation patterns on seasonal land surface temperature in Harare metropolitan city, Zimbabwe

The study examined the impact of eco-environmental quality conditions, spatial configurations and landscape connectivity of urban vegetation on seasonal land surface temperature (LST) in Harare, Zimbabwe between May and October 2018. The results showed that densely built-up areas with sparse vegetat...

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Main Authors: Pedzisai Kowe, Onisimo Mutanga, John Odindi, Timothy Dube
Other Authors: Department of Geography, Environmental Sustainability and Resilience Building, Faculty of Social Sciences, Midlands State University, Gweru, Zimbabwe; Discipline of Geography, School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Format: research article
Language:English
Published: Taylor and Francis Group 2022
Subjects:
Spatial clustering
Landscape pattern
Local Moran’s I
Patch cohesion index
Urban green space
Seasons
Urban heat island
Online Access:https://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/5326
https://doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2022.2117215
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Summary:The study examined the impact of eco-environmental quality conditions, spatial configurations and landscape connectivity of urban vegetation on seasonal land surface temperature (LST) in Harare, Zimbabwe between May and October 2018. The results showed that densely built-up areas with sparse vegetation experienced extremely poor eco-environmental conditions. Clustered and highly connected were more beneficial in decreasing LST. These findings have important urban and landscape planning implications regarding how the spatial configuration and landscape connectivity patterns of urban vegetation can be optimized to mitigate Urban Heat Island (UHI) effects and to improve the thermal comfort conditions in rapidly urbanizing cities.