Exploring the Spatial Pattern of Damage Caused by Typhoon Meranti on the Urban Green Space on Xiamen Island

Typhoons are the main cause of disturbances in the natural environment of coastal cities. Typhoons often damage the urban green space (UGS) of coastal cities, and the spatial pattern of such damages provides important information for disaster recovery. For acquiring such information, remote sensing...

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Main Author: Huifen Luo and Junlin Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Technoscience Publications 2022-03-01
Series:Nature Environment and Pollution Technology
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description Typhoons are the main cause of disturbances in the natural environment of coastal cities. Typhoons often damage the urban green space (UGS) of coastal cities, and the spatial pattern of such damages provides important information for disaster recovery. For acquiring such information, remote sensing technology offers a fast and effective means. This study investigated the spatial pattern of typhoon damage to UGS using Sentinel-2 data. To this end, the damage caused by Typhoon Meranti to the UGS of Xiamen Island (including Gulangyu Island) in 2016 was taken as a case study. The results showed that the overall area without vegetation coverage increased by 1159.7 ha. Areas with high vegetation coverage experienced less damage than areas with low vegetation coverage. A coldspot map of damage clusters was generated, and the map showed that severely damaged green areas were distributed in a striped pattern, indicating serious damage to road greening. In terms of direction, east-west roads experienced a higher degree of damage than north-south roads. The determined spatial pattern of the damage caused by Typhoon Meranti on the UGS of Xiamen Island provides a basis for the post-disaster restoration of the landscape of Xiamen Island.
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spelling doaj.art-2adf8843adf14189af4f798c1dddef5e2022-12-22T03:13:07ZengTechnoscience PublicationsNature Environment and Pollution Technology0972-62682395-34542022-03-0121131531910.46488/NEPT.2022.v21i01.038Exploring the Spatial Pattern of Damage Caused by Typhoon Meranti on the Urban Green Space on Xiamen IslandHuifen Luo and Junlin WuTyphoons are the main cause of disturbances in the natural environment of coastal cities. Typhoons often damage the urban green space (UGS) of coastal cities, and the spatial pattern of such damages provides important information for disaster recovery. For acquiring such information, remote sensing technology offers a fast and effective means. This study investigated the spatial pattern of typhoon damage to UGS using Sentinel-2 data. To this end, the damage caused by Typhoon Meranti to the UGS of Xiamen Island (including Gulangyu Island) in 2016 was taken as a case study. The results showed that the overall area without vegetation coverage increased by 1159.7 ha. Areas with high vegetation coverage experienced less damage than areas with low vegetation coverage. A coldspot map of damage clusters was generated, and the map showed that severely damaged green areas were distributed in a striped pattern, indicating serious damage to road greening. In terms of direction, east-west roads experienced a higher degree of damage than north-south roads. The determined spatial pattern of the damage caused by Typhoon Meranti on the UGS of Xiamen Island provides a basis for the post-disaster restoration of the landscape of Xiamen Island.https://neptjournal.com/upload-images/(38)D-1195.pdfspatial pattern, ndvi, getis-ord gi*, typhoon meranti, xiamen island
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Exploring the Spatial Pattern of Damage Caused by Typhoon Meranti on the Urban Green Space on Xiamen Island
Nature Environment and Pollution Technology
spatial pattern, ndvi, getis-ord gi*, typhoon meranti, xiamen island
title Exploring the Spatial Pattern of Damage Caused by Typhoon Meranti on the Urban Green Space on Xiamen Island
title_full Exploring the Spatial Pattern of Damage Caused by Typhoon Meranti on the Urban Green Space on Xiamen Island
title_fullStr Exploring the Spatial Pattern of Damage Caused by Typhoon Meranti on the Urban Green Space on Xiamen Island
title_full_unstemmed Exploring the Spatial Pattern of Damage Caused by Typhoon Meranti on the Urban Green Space on Xiamen Island
title_short Exploring the Spatial Pattern of Damage Caused by Typhoon Meranti on the Urban Green Space on Xiamen Island
title_sort exploring the spatial pattern of damage caused by typhoon meranti on the urban green space on xiamen island
topic spatial pattern, ndvi, getis-ord gi*, typhoon meranti, xiamen island
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