TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gandhi, Urja (UC7616)
AU  - Vyas, Anjana (Guide)
TI  - Study of UHI and microclimate on the urban built form (Softcopy is also available)
U1  - B TH-0927 
PY  - 2020///-21
N1  - Contents 
Undertaking  II 
Approval   III 
Acknowledgment   IV 
Thesis Abstract  V 
Chapter 1: Introduction   1 
1.1. What is a Microclimate   1 
1.2. Urban Heat Island:   2 
1.3. Energy consumption   4 
1.4. Rationale of the study:   4 
1.5. Why Ahmedabad?   4 
1.5.1. Topography   5 
1.5.2. Ahmedabad City Map   5 
1.5.3. Climate of Ahmedabad City   6 
1.5.4. Development scenario:   6 
1.6. Summary   7 
1.7. Aim   8 
1.8. Objectives   8 
1.9. Scope and limitations   9 
1.9.1. Scope:   9 
1.9.2. Limitation:   9 
1.10. Methodology observed for research   9 
Chapter 2: Literature Review   10 
2.1. Literature Review Consideration:   10 
2.2. Basic Concepts   10 
2.2.1. Definitions   10 
2.3. Microclimate Studies to Define Various Methodology:   10 
2.4. Research Papers referred for literature Review   11 
2.4.1. Papers that address microclimate variations:   12 
2.4.2. Papers that address the Urban Built Form   14 
Chapter 3: Data collection   16 
3.1. Landuse of Ahmedabad   16 
3.2. Brief introduction to ArcGIS   16 
3.2.1. Applications of ArcGIS   16 
3.3. Brief intro to LandSAT 8   17 
3.4. Methodology Followed for Data Collection   17 
3.5. Preliminary Data collected and Analysis   18 
3.6. Spatial Analysis of Data using Remote Sensing   19 
3.7. Normalized difference Vegetation index   20 
3.8. Normalized difference built up index   21 
3.9. Built up area extraction   22 
3.10. Methodology for field work   23 
3.11. Identifying and Locating Sites   24 
3.12. Defining Study sites   24 
3.13. Defining guidelines for field work   34 
3.13.1. Period of data collection   34 
3.13.2. Frequency   34 
3.13.3. Project siting   36 
3.13.4. Recording Meta data   37 
3.13.5. Instrument used:   37 
3.14. Recording the temperature   38 
Chapter 4: Final Analysis   39 
4.1. Calculating intensity of UHI   41 
4.1.1. Geometric mean:   41 
4.1.2. Inferences:   42 
4.2. Revit Model   45 
4.2.1. Methodology   45 
4.2.2. Inferences:   47 
Chapter 5: Results and Discussions   48 	 
5.1. Inferences   48 
5.2. In Suggestions and Mitigation Measures   49 
Annexure   51 
REFERENCES   55

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