An urban heat Island around the coastal environment of Rayong, Thailand | |
| Author | Varma, Dalta Sravanth |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.RS-17-18 |
| Subject(s) | Urban heat island--Thailand--Rayong Coastal zone management--Environmental asptects--Thailand--Rayong |
| Note | 1 online resource |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis;no. RS-17-18 |
| Abstract | The urban area temperatures are increasing worldwide, urban heat is restoring in few urban areas because of huge amount of concrete structure development these areas are known as Urban Heat Island (UHI). The land cover discrepancy impact is seen when we travel from rural area to urban area and the increase of temperature is seen. In urban areas and rural areas the temperature variation should be around 5.6 ºC. In this study we taken consider of different classes for land use and land cover analysis of Rayong city. Rapid growth of industries are seen in the city Rayong, exporting is the main stream, industrial development is done where most of the area is covered by forest previously. Half of the area is covered with agricultural lands in Eastern Region approximately. The temperature from January to June gradually increases i.e, in January the temperature of urban is around 31.5ºC where temperature in June is around 35.2ºC and near water bodies the temperature in January is around 23.8ºC where 25.6ºC recorded in June. So, we can say that the temperature difference in urban is 3.5-4.2ºC and near water body the difference is1.8-2.5ºC. The highest temperature at urban recorded in may around 35.5ºC and the lowest temperature recorded in February around 30ºC.From the results of final UHI maps we can say that the temperature difference in urban area is higher by 4.6-6.1ºC where other classes like water and vegetation had less difference around 1.3-2.8ºC. In the month of May there is more difference in urban area where February has less difference. From correlation analysis, we got positive correlation for all maps which says that if the temperature in urban area increases the temperature in industrial area also increasing rapidly |
| Year | 2017 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis;no. RS-17-18 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology |
| Department | Department of Information and Communications Technologies (DICT) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Remote Sensing (RS) |
| Chairperson(s) | Nitin Kumar Tripathi |
| Examination Committee(s) | Indrajit Pal;Hiroyuki Miyazak |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | AIT Fellowship |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2017 |