A Systematic Review of Urban Heat Island Studies in West Africa
Área de conocimiento
UrbanísticaFecha de publicación
2022-01-10Editorial
Universidad Politécnica de CartagenaCita bibliográfica
Obe, B. and Morakinyo, T. A Systematic Review of Urban Heat Island Studies in West Africa. En SUPTM 2022: 1st Conference on Future Challenges in Sustainable Urban Planning & Territorial Management, 17–19 Jan 2022Palabras clave
SUPTM 2022Urban Heat Island
West Africa
Temperature
Review
Systematically
Resumen
This study critically and systematically reviews the state-of-the-art on UHI research in west Africa region to identify and bridge the gap with other global literature. Focusing on 48 studies extracted through a laid down protocol, we reviewed, integrated and analysed in detail the causative factors of UHI, methods of measurement, the intensities, variabilities, impacts and mitigation strategies while critiquing the methods and limitations of the studies. Of the 16 countries in the region, UHI-related research have been conducted in only 5 countries, indicating a wide knowledge gap. Also, inconsistencies in the scale of study, data collection methods and analysis were observed, indicating that studies have not used a universal and specific protocol to define the choice of location for an urban and a rural area.
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