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Environmental Parameters for Campus Outdoor Space: A Microclimate Analysis of the Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) Campus
Open spaces—whether public, urban, or part of a campus—offer a variety of activities and opportunities to people. Therefore, open spaces should be considered a vital component of any built-up area and designed to meet the needs and address the comfort of potential users. Because of their presence in daily life and their preponderance of characteristics,…
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Examining land surface temperature and relations with the major air pollutants: A remote sensing research in case of Tehran
BackgroundUrban air pollution is a dynamic mixture of Land Surface Temperature (LST), gases, particulate matter with daily and seasonal changes due to anthropogenic activities, Land-use Land-cover (LULC) transformations, and climatic conditions. The relationship between urban biophysical and thermal conditions, and LULC is generally known; however, the absence of a dense network of land-based meteorological stations…
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Monitoring urban Sprawl using time-series data: Famagusta region of Northern Cyprus
Monitoring urban sprawl is a controversial topic among scholars. Many studies have tried to employ various methods for monitoring urban sprawl in cases of North American and Northern and Western European cities. Although numerous methods have been applied with great success in various developed countries, they are predominantly impractical for cases of developing Mediterranean European…
Air Pollutants Auto-dependency Campus Outdoor Space City Planning Computational Fluid Dynamics Decision-making Famagusta Geographical Information System Google™ earth Grasshopper® 3D Impact Land Surface Mediterranean Europe Microclimate Public Awareness Remote Sensing Sentinel-3 SLSTR Sentinel-5 Precursor Sprawl Impact Sprawl Phases Sustainability Tehran TemperatureMajor Time Series Urban Form Urbanization Urban Material Urban Population Urban Sprawl Vehicle Miles Traveled