Analysis of thermal reduction capacity based on green spaces in Maragheh city using the urban cooling model

Mahmoudzadeh, Hassan; Jafari, Firouz; Dinparvar, Nasrin

Analysis of thermal reduction capacity based on green spaces in Maragheh city using the urban cooling model

Document Type : Origional Article

Authors

Hassan Mahmoudzadeh ¹ ^¶

Firouz Jafari ²

Nasrin Dinparvar ³

¹ Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.

² Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Urban and Regional Planning, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.

³ PhD student, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.

Abstract

Background and Objective: Considering the increase in global temperature and the intensification of the urban heat island effect, the expansion of vegetation can reduce the intensity of this phenomenon and provide a healthier and more stable environment for city residents. In general, green areas in cities are an effective approach to reduce the effects of urban heat island and create comfort for residents. The improvement of microclimatic conditions in urban environments is mostly influenced by evaporation and transpiration.
Methodology: In this article, using the urban cooling model, the effects of green spaces on the process of reducing the effects of heat islands in the city of Maragheh were investigated. According to the nature of the subject, the purpose of the research is the application and research method based on the descriptive-analytical method. In this research, Landsat satellite images with 30x30 pixel size have been used to monitor urban land use changes in the period from 1984 to 2022. To check the amount of cooling in Maragheh city, the urban cooling model was used in the Invest software.
Results and Findings: In 1984 in the class 0.83 to 0.90 equal to 19.5%, in 2002 in the class 0.60 to 0.93 equal to 19.87. percent and in class 2022 in class 0.59 to 0.83 equal to 20.65% was able to reduce heat islands. According to the results obtained from the urban cooling model, it was observed that in all three periods, the city of Maragheh did not have a very favorable situation in reducing heat islands. According to the land use maps of three periods, the growth pattern of the city of Maragheh has followed a scattered and horizontal uneven growth pattern with the destruction of garden and fertile agricultural lands and replacing them with the fabric of scattered and incoherent urban and rural neighborhoods. The energy saving due to the reduction of urban heat islands due to urban green infrastructure in Maragheh city in 1984 was 10,626 megawatts for 2002 equal to 19,252 megawatts and finally for 2022 equal to 36,234 megawatts.

Keywords

Thermal islands

green space

urban cooling

Maragheh

Subjects

Urban Environment

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