This expansion has modified the natural environment of the area and led to the formation and warming of Urban Heat Island (UHI ... from Landsat imagery. The map displays that Accra has undergone ...

Concrete and asphalt absorbs heat, helping to drive the so-called “urban heat island” effect ... using an infrared camera on a satellite to map heat differences. “Everyone knows cities ...

Urban climate features, such as the urban heat island (UHI), are determined by various factors ... FIGURE 1. Local climate zone map from Varentsov et al. (2020b) and reference stations. The white ...

Portland is no stranger to wildfire smoke drifting from rural blazes, but city officials say a major fire within city limits ...

The Portland Metro Chamber's full 2025 State of the Economy report, released Thursday, paints a less than ideal picture of ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - Economists are warning that Portland could be heading towards what they call an “urban doom loop.” An urban doom loop happens when businesses close, people move out of a city, ...

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So say economists with EcoNorthwest, the Portland-based research firm which on Thursday delivered a State of the Economy report to members of the Portland Metro Chamber. The chamber has for years ...

These anecdotes highlight the temperature differences across various suburbs, with dense concretisation and a lack of green, open spaces turning many suburbs into urban heat islands. The link ...