Assessing the cooling effect of the blue corridors in Antakya pre-earthquake, Türkiye

IF 6.9 2区工程技术 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Urban Climate Pub Date : 2025-09-26 DOI:10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102610

Aylin Salıcı , Çiğdem Coşkun Hepcan , Ergin Canpolat , Ahsen Tuğçe Yüksel

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Blue corridors provide nature-based solutions in urban areas by reducing air temperatures in their surroundings. This study examines the impact of blue corridors on surface temperature and their relationship with land cover in pre-earthquake Antakya. The cooling effect of rivers, based on distance and density across different land cover types, was determined using NDVI, NDWI, and NDMI indices, and the relationship between these indices and LST was analyzed statistically. The results clearly show that the measured temperature difference of 15.421 °C in the corridors and their surroundings during the April–September period of 2020–2022 indicates microclimatic variations influenced by land cover characteristics. Although the corridors don't exhibit a distinct cooling effect in terms of water presence, the cooling impact of areas with dense vegetation remains limited. Therefore, increasing permeable surfaces and adopting water-sensitive planning and design approaches in and around the corridors are crucial for extending the cooling effect over a larger area.

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评估安塔基亚地震前蓝色走廊的冷却效果， rkiye

蓝色走廊通过降低周围的空气温度，为城市地区提供了基于自然的解决方案。本文研究了地震前Antakya蓝色走廊对地表温度的影响及其与土地覆盖的关系。利用NDVI、NDWI和NDMI指数确定了河流在不同土地覆盖类型上基于距离和密度的降温效应，并对这些指数与地表温度的关系进行了统计分析。结果表明，2020-2022年4 - 9月廊道及其周边实测温差为15.421°C，反映了受土地覆被特征影响的小气候变化。虽然走廊在水的存在方面没有表现出明显的降温效果，但植被密集地区的降温效果仍然有限。因此，在走廊内外增加透水表面，采用对水敏感的规划和设计方法，对于将冷却效果扩展到更大的区域至关重要。

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Urban Climate Social Sciences-Urban Studies

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9.70

自引率

9.40%

发文量

286

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