Urban heat island in the modern tropical Kuala Lumpur: comparative weight of the different parameters

• Main Authors: Harun, Zambri, Reda, Eslam, Abdulrazzaq, Alaa, Abbas, Ashraf Amer, Yusup, Yusri, Zaki, Sheikh A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V. 2020
• Subjects: TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering; TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/93687/1/SheikhAZaki2020_UrbanHeatIslandintheModernTropical.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/93687/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aej.2020.07.053

Over time, urban dwellers have become increasingly concerned with the thermal characteristics in their neighbourhood. Modern Asian cities with their environmental diversity have introduced complexity to urban heat island (UHI) predictions. This research aimed to discover the relative contribution of...