Journal
ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
Volume 157, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2021.106857
Keywords
Urban ecological land; Surface urban heat island effect; Natural-anthropogenic factors; Interaction effects; Urban agglomeration
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41901181, 41871151]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2018M641457]
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The study reveals a clear spatiotemporal coupling between urban ecological land (UEL) and the urban heat island effect in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The evolution of UEL landscape structure is related to the mitigation of the heat island effect, with UEL patches dominance and richness explaining a significant portion of the effect. The implementation of ecological restoration projects has led to a shift towards the dominance of UEL and natural-anthropogenic factors in reducing the urban heat island effect.
The surface urban heat island effect (SUHI) that occurs during rapid urbanization increases the health risks associated with high temperatures. Urban ecological land (UEL) has been shown to play an important role in improving urban heat stress, however, the impact of UEL interactions with the natural-anthropogenic environment on SUHI at the urban agglomeration-scale is less explored. In this study, the Google Earth Engine and GeoDetector were applied to characterize the spatiotemporal patterns of UEL and SUHI in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area from 2000 to 2020 by extracting major built-up urban areas and quantifying the impacts of UEL and its interactions with the natural-anthropogenic factors on SUHI. The results show that the evolution of the UEL landscape structure exhibits clear spatiotemporal coupling with SUHI. Specifically, the UEL underwent a dispersion and degradation process in 2000-2015 and a convergence and restoration process in 2015-2020, the SUHI correspondingly transitioned from intensification and continuity to mitigation and contraction. The UEL landscape structure showed a notable impact on the SUHI reduction, and the dominance and richness of the patches explained an average of 19.95% and 16.03% of the SUHI, respectively. Moreover, the interaction between UEL and land urbanization rate and anthropogenic heat release had a dominant effect on SUHI, but this effect significantly declined from 2015 to 2020. With the implementation of ecological restoration projects, the interaction of UEL with topography rapidly increased and the SUHI gradually dominated by the joint interaction of UEL and natural-anthropogenic factors. A synthesis of the varying effects of several factors showed that the dynamic relationship between the development stages of the urban agglomeration's regional system and SUHI may conform to the Environmental Kuznets Curve. SUHI reduction strategies should therefore comprehensively optimize the rational allocation of UEL landscape structures and natural-human elements to promote the well-being of residents.
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