Trading greens for heated surfaces: Land surface temperature and perceived health risk in Greater Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana
The unsustainable expansion of cities is generating urban heat islands (UHIs) by exchanging (trading) vegetation cover (green) for built impervious surfaces which is associated with heat-related health risks, globally. This phenomenon is exacerbated by climate change and anthropogenic activities lik...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-12-01
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| Series: | Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110982323000741 |