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NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)

2015

Climate change

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Urban Spatial Development To Mitigate Urban Heat Island Effectin The Inner Area Of Bangkok, Jittisak Thammapornpilas Jan 2015

Urban Spatial Development To Mitigate Urban Heat Island Effectin The Inner Area Of Bangkok, Jittisak Thammapornpilas

NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)

An urban heat island is one of the factors that cause a climate change to become more critical. Bangkok is one of the mega cities in the world in which urban areas have been affected by the urban heatisland, especially the inner area of Bangkok and its CBD. The survey data from a satellite confirmed the hypothesis of the affected area in the inner zone of Bangkok. From the study it has been found that the urban heat island problem in the urban area of Bangkok was developed by the augmentation of its physical surroundings of all the man-made construction. …