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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| author | Pedzisai Kowe Onisimo Mutanga John Odindi Timothy Dube |
| author2 | 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 |
| author_facet | 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 Pedzisai Kowe Onisimo Mutanga John Odindi Timothy Dube |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-53262022-12-20T10:49:14Z Impacts of eco-environmental quality, spatial configuration, and landscape connectivity of urban vegetation patterns on seasonal land surface temperature in Harare metropolitan city, Zimbabwe Pedzisai Kowe Onisimo Mutanga John Odindi Timothy Dube 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 Discipline of Geography, School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Discipline of Geography, School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Department of Earth Sciences, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa Spatial clustering Landscape pattern Local Moran’s I Patch cohesion index Urban green space Seasons Urban heat island 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. 2022-12-20T10:49:14Z 2022-12-20T10:49:14Z 2022-09-02 research article https://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/5326 https://doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2022.2117215 en African Geographical Review 1937-6812 open Taylor and Francis Group |
| spellingShingle | Spatial clustering Landscape pattern Local Moran’s I Patch cohesion index Urban green space Seasons Urban heat island Pedzisai Kowe Onisimo Mutanga John Odindi Timothy Dube Impacts of eco-environmental quality, spatial configuration, and landscape connectivity of urban vegetation patterns on seasonal land surface temperature in Harare metropolitan city, Zimbabwe |
| title | Impacts of eco-environmental quality, spatial configuration, and landscape connectivity of urban vegetation patterns on seasonal land surface temperature in Harare metropolitan city, Zimbabwe |
| title_full | Impacts of eco-environmental quality, spatial configuration, and landscape connectivity of urban vegetation patterns on seasonal land surface temperature in Harare metropolitan city, Zimbabwe |
| title_fullStr | Impacts of eco-environmental quality, spatial configuration, and landscape connectivity of urban vegetation patterns on seasonal land surface temperature in Harare metropolitan city, Zimbabwe |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impacts of eco-environmental quality, spatial configuration, and landscape connectivity of urban vegetation patterns on seasonal land surface temperature in Harare metropolitan city, Zimbabwe |
| title_short | Impacts of eco-environmental quality, spatial configuration, and landscape connectivity of urban vegetation patterns on seasonal land surface temperature in Harare metropolitan city, Zimbabwe |
| title_sort | impacts of eco-environmental quality, spatial configuration, and landscape connectivity of urban vegetation patterns on seasonal land surface temperature in harare metropolitan city, zimbabwe |
| topic | Spatial clustering Landscape pattern Local Moran’s I Patch cohesion index Urban green space Seasons Urban heat island |
| url | https://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/5326 https://doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2022.2117215 |
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