Urban surface temperature behaviour and heat island effect in a tropical planned city

• Main Authors: Ahmed, Adeb Qaid, Ossen, Dilshan Remaz, Jamei, Elmira, Abd. Manaf, Norhashima, Said, Ismail, Ahmad, Mohd. Hamdan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Wien 2015
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/55883/1/AdebQaidAhmed2015_UrbanSurfaceTemperatureBehaviourandHeat.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/55883/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00704-014-1122-2

Putrajaya is a model city planned with concepts of a "city in the garden" and an "intelligent city" in the tropics. This study presents the behaviour of the surface temperature and the heat island effect of Putrajaya. Findings show that heat island intensity is 2 °C on average at...