Lahore Land Use Change and Urban Heat Island Analysis, 2000-2020

Fahad Shah's study on figshare analyzes Land Surface Temperature and Urban Heat Island effects in Lahore District using Landsat satellite data from 2000, 2010, and 2020. The data tracks changes in built-up area, vegetation, and thermal indices, showing built-up expansion from 22.99% to 47.17% and a mean LST rise from 33°C to 34.8°C over two decades. The findings correlate LST with the Normalized Difference Built-up Index and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index.

Use Cases

• Modeling urban expansion and its thermal impact based on land use/land cover change data.
• Analyzing the correlation between built-up density and land surface temperature based on the Normalized Difference Built-up Index.
• Assessing vegetation loss and its cooling effect based on the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index.
• Identifying Urban Heat Island zones for mitigation planning based on the Urban Thermal Field Variance Index.

Strengths

• Provides specific quantitative changes: built-up area increased from 22.99% (2000) to 47.17% (2020), and mean LST rose from 33°C to 34.8°C.
• Includes correlation metrics (R² values) between LST and indices like NDBI (0.7549 in 2000) and NDVI (0.6141 in 2000).
• Covers a multi-decade time series with data points for 2000, 2010, and 2020.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small (30.0 KB), suggesting it is likely a summary document or supplementary file rather than the underlying raw geospatial data.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The spatial coverage is limited to Lahore District and its surrounding areas.

Provenance

Source

Fahad Shah on figshare.

Collection Method

Analysis of Landsat satellite data.

Time Range

2000, 2010, and 2020.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 05:24:06; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Lahore District, Pakistan, and its surrounding urban and peri-urban areas.