Urban planning impact on summer human thermal comfort in Doha, Qatar

Urbanization entails extensive construction and substantial land use alterations, converting natural areas into residential, commercial, mixed-use and industrial. These alterations disrupt the land surface energy, impacting the land surface temperatures (LSTs). Elevated LSTs affect the thermal comfo...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Shikha, Patel (author)
مؤلفون آخرون: Indraganti, Madhavi (author), Jawarneh, Rana N. (author)
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الوصول للمادة أونلاين:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2024.111374
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360132324002166
http://hdl.handle.net/10576/58874
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Patel, S., Indraganti, M., & Jawarneh, R. N. (2024). Urban planning impact on summer human thermal comfort in Doha, Qatar. Building and Environment, 254, 111374.
0360-1323
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360132324002166
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Land surface temperature
Human thermal comfort
Land use and land cover
NDVI
Remote sensing
GIS
Doha
Qatar
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description Urbanization entails extensive construction and substantial land use alterations, converting natural areas into residential, commercial, mixed-use and industrial. These alterations disrupt the land surface energy, impacting the land surface temperatures (LSTs). Elevated LSTs affect the thermal comfort of urban residents exerting pressure on the environment and ecosystems. This study investigates the repercussions of elevated LST on human thermal comfort, focusing on Doha municipality in Qatar for 2002–2003, 2013, and 2022, with a specific focus on summer temperatures. Utilizing remote sensing and Geographical Information Systems (GIS), we conducted an in-depth investigation, employing Landsat data along and GIS tools to create land use maps and LST pattern maps and establish a correlation between land use and LST. The findings reveal a notable increase in the built-up area of Doha municipality, predominantly at the expense of desert land and water bodies. The LST increases consistently by 0.65 °C annually, shifting human thermal comfort from "moderate" to "heat stress" from 2002 to 2013 and 2023 in all neighborhoods of Doha. Our comparison of LST between different urban areas indicates lower temperatures near water bodies and suburban developments and higher temperatures in downtown areas. Suburban developments exhibit a favourable impact in desert areas compared to compact developments. Our methodology of combining LST from remote sensing data with thermal comfort indices for more comprehensive and accurate estimation of outdoor thermal comfort can be applied in various geographies.
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spelling Urban planning impact on summer human thermal comfort in Doha, QatarShikha, PatelIndraganti, MadhaviJawarneh, Rana N.Land surface temperatureHuman thermal comfortLand use and land coverNDVIRemote sensingGISDohaQatarUrbanization entails extensive construction and substantial land use alterations, converting natural areas into residential, commercial, mixed-use and industrial. These alterations disrupt the land surface energy, impacting the land surface temperatures (LSTs). Elevated LSTs affect the thermal comfort of urban residents exerting pressure on the environment and ecosystems. This study investigates the repercussions of elevated LST on human thermal comfort, focusing on Doha municipality in Qatar for 2002–2003, 2013, and 2022, with a specific focus on summer temperatures. Utilizing remote sensing and Geographical Information Systems (GIS), we conducted an in-depth investigation, employing Landsat data along and GIS tools to create land use maps and LST pattern maps and establish a correlation between land use and LST. The findings reveal a notable increase in the built-up area of Doha municipality, predominantly at the expense of desert land and water bodies. The LST increases consistently by 0.65 °C annually, shifting human thermal comfort from "moderate" to "heat stress" from 2002 to 2013 and 2023 in all neighborhoods of Doha. Our comparison of LST between different urban areas indicates lower temperatures near water bodies and suburban developments and higher temperatures in downtown areas. Suburban developments exhibit a favourable impact in desert areas compared to compact developments. Our methodology of combining LST from remote sensing data with thermal comfort indices for more comprehensive and accurate estimation of outdoor thermal comfort can be applied in various geographies.Open Access funding is provided by the Qatar National Library.Elsevier2024-09-12T07:54:34Z2024-03-01Articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2024.111374Patel, S., Indraganti, M., & Jawarneh, R. N. (2024). Urban planning impact on summer human thermal comfort in Doha, Qatar. Building and Environment, 254, 111374.0360-1323https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360132324002166http://hdl.handle.net/10576/588742541873-684Xenhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:qspace.qu.edu.qa:10576/588742024-09-12T19:07:00Z
spellingShingle Urban planning impact on summer human thermal comfort in Doha, Qatar
Shikha, Patel
Land surface temperature
Human thermal comfort
Land use and land cover
NDVI
Remote sensing
GIS
Doha
Qatar
status_str publishedVersion
title Urban planning impact on summer human thermal comfort in Doha, Qatar
title_full Urban planning impact on summer human thermal comfort in Doha, Qatar
title_fullStr Urban planning impact on summer human thermal comfort in Doha, Qatar
title_full_unstemmed Urban planning impact on summer human thermal comfort in Doha, Qatar
title_short Urban planning impact on summer human thermal comfort in Doha, Qatar
title_sort Urban planning impact on summer human thermal comfort in Doha, Qatar
topic Land surface temperature
Human thermal comfort
Land use and land cover
NDVI
Remote sensing
GIS
Doha
Qatar
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2024.111374
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360132324002166
http://hdl.handle.net/10576/58874