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This study aims at analyzing analogies and differences between the spatial relations regarding Land Surface Temperature (LST) and land covers with reference to spring and summer 2019 by coupling GIS spatial analysis and regression analysis. Moreover, building on the outcomes of the model which relates LST to land cover types, the impact of future afforestation in rural areas is detected through a “what if” assessment. The island of Sardinia is taken as a case study because of its climate homogeneity and self-containment. The correlation between the spatial distribution of LST and land cover reveals that urbanization and the spatial dynamics of heating phenomena are closely connected. The methodology of this study can be easily implemented in other regional contexts, and comparison of analogies and differences are quite effective and useful in identifying stylized facts and policy implications.
Sabrina Lai (S.L.), Federica Leone (F.L.) and Corrado Zoppi (C.Z.) collaboratively designed this study. Individual contributions are as follows: F.L. wrote the “Introduction” and “Discussion” Sections; S.L. wrote the “Materials and methods” Section; S.L. and C.Z. cooperatively wrote the “Findings” Section; C.Z. wrote the “Conclusion” Section.
The study was implemented within the Research Program “Paesaggi rurali della Sardegna: pianificazione di infrastrutture verdi e blu e di reti territoriali complesse” [Rural landscapes of Sardinia: Planning policies for green and blue infrastructure and spatial complex networks], funded by the Region of Sardinia for the period 2019–2021, under the provisions of the call for the presentation of “Projects related to fundamental or basic research” of the year 2017, implemented at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Architecture (DICAAR) of the University of Cagliari, Italy. This article is extracted from: Lai S, Leone F, Zoppi C (2020) Land surface temperature and land cover dynamics. A study related to Sardinia, Italy. TeMA—Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment 13(3):329–351. https://doi.org/10.6092/1970-9870/7143
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Lai, S., Leone, F., Zoppi, C. (2021). Policies to Decrease Land Surface Temperature Based on Land Cover Change: An Assessment Related to Sardinia, Italy. In: La Rosa, D., Privitera, R. (eds) Innovation in Urban and Regional Planning. INPUT 2021. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 146. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68824-0_11
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