TY  - JOUR
T1  - Urban Mapping Local Climate Zones Based on Morphology Categorization
AU - Mohamed Rajab, P. 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 13
IS  - 2
SP  - 350
EP  - 352
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2018.350.352
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2018.350.352
KW  - Urban climate
KW  -heat mitigation
KW  -urban heat Island
KW  -urban form
KW  -green infrastructure
KW  -xpansively
AB  - There is liberal evidence of the cooling effects of Green Infrastructure (GI) that has been expansively
documented in the narrative. Conversely the study of the thermal profiles of different GI typologies requires
the categorization of urban sites for a meaningful comparison of results, since, detailed spatial and physical
characteristics produce distinct microclimates. In this study, the Local Climate Zones (LCZ), a scheme of
thermally relatively homogeneous urban structures proposed by Stewart and Oke was used for mapping and
classifying the urban morphology of a study area in Sydney, Australia. A GIS-based workflow for an automated
classification based on airborne remote sensing data is presented. The datasets employed include high
resolution hyper spectral imagery, LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) and cadastral information. Future
stages of this research include coupling this method with a newly developed GI typology for a more widespread
analysis of the cool effects of GI by taking into account the morphological disparities of LCZ.
ER  -