Satelite image application for assessing the effect of urbanisation to temperature at Danang City, Viet Nam

Abstract

The infrastructure development for economy is really imperative towards developing countries. Therefore, this process brings several unexpected impacts. Landcover change caused temperature increase is noticeable thing. This impact along with global warming bring out significant consequences about the health, the economy and the society. For the purpose of analysis the effect of urbanisation on temperature variation, this study processes the Landsat satellite image over forty years. The result is expected to find out the relation between the urbanisation process and city warming. It might be the crucial basic for planning the urban area more effective and more sustainable, as well for mitigating the negative impact on the public health. In this paper, the authors will present several results of the temperature variation due to urbanisation over the pats forty years.