Spatiotemporal relationship characteristic of climate comfort of urban human settlement environment and population density in China
Rapid urbanization in China has caused substantial changes in the urban climate, leading to accelerated shifts in the climate comfort of the human settlement environment. In addition, in certain regions of China, a glaring disproportion exists in the distribution of population to the available area....
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| description | Rapid urbanization in China has caused substantial changes in the urban climate, leading to accelerated shifts in the climate comfort of the human settlement environment. In addition, in certain regions of China, a glaring disproportion exists in the distribution of population to the available area. Therefore, the climate comfort of such areas needs to be improved to enhance their habitability. In this study, we explored the spatiotemporal evolution characteristics of the climate comfort of the urban human settlement environment in China from 2000 to 2015, based on a three-level time scale of year, month, and day using the temperature and humidity index and wind efficiency index. In addition, the population density in China was calculated by employing the population grid spatial calculation method. Subsequently, we compared and analyzed the spatiotemporal relationship characteristics between the climate comfort of the urban human settlement environment and population density. Our results indicated that (1) the extremely cold area was the largest, followed by the cold area, with the comfort area being the smallest. The area range of climate comfort and cold expanded northward, whereas the extremely cold area shrank from 2000 to 2015. (2) The duration of the comfort month and comfort day in southern China was higher than that in northern China. The climate comfort area of 3–4 months was the largest, and that of 7–12 months was the smallest, with the largest climate comfort area being 66–130 days and the smallest being 196–325 days. (3) The spatial difference in the climate comfort month was greater than that in the daily change, and the evolution process of various regions became relatively complex over time. The spatiotemporal evolution of the climate comfort day showed minimal change in northwest, north, and northeast China, whereas it changed significantly in southwest, south, central, and east China. These results imply that the population density in the country is generally concentrated in the climate comfort areas. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-da7ad05b9b0f44b8a0b732da48b291eb2022-12-22T02:35:15ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution2296-701X2022-08-011010.3389/fevo.2022.953725953725Spatiotemporal relationship characteristic of climate comfort of urban human settlement environment and population density in ChinaDahao Zhang0Chunshan Zhou1Yi Zhou2Bahram Zikirya3Bahram Zikirya4School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, ChinaSchool of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, ChinaSchool of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, ChinaCollege of Tourism, Xinjiang University, Ürümqi, ChinaKey Laboratory of the Sustainable Development of Xinjiang’s Historical and Cultural Tourism, Xinjiang University, Ürümqi, ChinaRapid urbanization in China has caused substantial changes in the urban climate, leading to accelerated shifts in the climate comfort of the human settlement environment. In addition, in certain regions of China, a glaring disproportion exists in the distribution of population to the available area. Therefore, the climate comfort of such areas needs to be improved to enhance their habitability. In this study, we explored the spatiotemporal evolution characteristics of the climate comfort of the urban human settlement environment in China from 2000 to 2015, based on a three-level time scale of year, month, and day using the temperature and humidity index and wind efficiency index. In addition, the population density in China was calculated by employing the population grid spatial calculation method. Subsequently, we compared and analyzed the spatiotemporal relationship characteristics between the climate comfort of the urban human settlement environment and population density. Our results indicated that (1) the extremely cold area was the largest, followed by the cold area, with the comfort area being the smallest. The area range of climate comfort and cold expanded northward, whereas the extremely cold area shrank from 2000 to 2015. (2) The duration of the comfort month and comfort day in southern China was higher than that in northern China. The climate comfort area of 3–4 months was the largest, and that of 7–12 months was the smallest, with the largest climate comfort area being 66–130 days and the smallest being 196–325 days. (3) The spatial difference in the climate comfort month was greater than that in the daily change, and the evolution process of various regions became relatively complex over time. The spatiotemporal evolution of the climate comfort day showed minimal change in northwest, north, and northeast China, whereas it changed significantly in southwest, south, central, and east China. These results imply that the population density in the country is generally concentrated in the climate comfort areas.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.953725/fullhuman settlement environmentclimate comfortpopulation densityspatiotemporal characteristicsChina climate |
| spellingShingle | Dahao Zhang Chunshan Zhou Yi Zhou Bahram Zikirya Bahram Zikirya Spatiotemporal relationship characteristic of climate comfort of urban human settlement environment and population density in China Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution human settlement environment climate comfort population density spatiotemporal characteristics China climate |
| title | Spatiotemporal relationship characteristic of climate comfort of urban human settlement environment and population density in China |
| title_full | Spatiotemporal relationship characteristic of climate comfort of urban human settlement environment and population density in China |
| title_fullStr | Spatiotemporal relationship characteristic of climate comfort of urban human settlement environment and population density in China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spatiotemporal relationship characteristic of climate comfort of urban human settlement environment and population density in China |
| title_short | Spatiotemporal relationship characteristic of climate comfort of urban human settlement environment and population density in China |
| title_sort | spatiotemporal relationship characteristic of climate comfort of urban human settlement environment and population density in china |
| topic | human settlement environment climate comfort population density spatiotemporal characteristics China climate |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.953725/full |
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