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The relationship between spatial patterns of urban land uses and air pollutants in the Tehran metropolis, Iran

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Abstract

Context

Urban expansion has led to land use changes in metropolises, which in turn cause landscape pattern changes and ecological issues in urban areas.

Objective

The main objective of this research is to investigate the relationship between different land use patterns and air pollutants (NO2, SO2, CO, O3) in the metropolis of Tehran.

Methods

The Local Climate Zone scheme and Landsat 8 satellite images were used to extract urban land uses in Tehran. Additionally, Sentinel-5P satellite images were used to calculate and evaluate air pollutants in summer (2020) and winter (2021).Then, the relationship between the spatial composition and configuration of urban land uses and air pollutants was computed.

Results

The results show that the correlation of the distribution or concentration of air pollutants is different from the spatial pattern of land use. The spatial composition and configuration of anthropogenic land uses, including the classes of compact mid-rise, compact low-rise, large low-rise, and heavy industry, had a positive correlation with NO2 and SO2 (P < 0/05). In contrast, the pollutant CO had a significant negative correlation with the green spaces of types A (dense trees) (P < 0/01) and B (scattered trees) (P < 0/05). Conversely, the spatial composition and configuration of anthropogenic land uses had a negative correlation with O3 (P < 0/05) while had a positive correlation with green spaces (P < 0/05).

Conclusion

Generally, the spatial pattern of the anthropogenic land uses had a direct and positive correlation in both spatial configurations with NO2, SO2, and CO and a negative correlation with O3.

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The datasets generated during and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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  1. Faculty of Urbanism, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

    Soheil Gheshlaghpoor

  2. Department of Architecture and Environmental Design, University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran

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  3. Department of Physical Geography, Faculty of Geography, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

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Gheshlaghpoor, S., Abedi, S.S. & Moghbel, M. The relationship between spatial patterns of urban land uses and air pollutants in the Tehran metropolis, Iran. Landsc Ecol 38, 553–565 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-022-01549-y

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