CONTENTS CERTIFICATE I UNDERTAKING II ACKNOWLEDGEMENT III EXECUTIVE SUMMARY IV LIST OF FIGURES XI LIST OF TABLES XII ABBREVIATIONS XIII CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 2 1.1 Preface 2 1.2 Background 3 1.3 Significance of the study 4 1.4 Hypothesis 8 1.5 Aim 8 1.6 Objective 8 1.7 Methodology 8 1.8 Scope 8 1.9 Research Framework 10 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 12 2.1 Understanding the concept 12 2.2 Previous studies 16 2.3 A Comparison 20 CHAPTER 3: STUDY AREA 22 3.1 About the city 22 3.2 Geography 23 3.3 Climate 24 3.4 Demographics 25 3.5 Administration 26 CHAPTER 4: DEMONSTRATION OF UHI IN AHMEDABAD 31 4.1 Secondary Data 31 CHAPTER 5: LST ANALYSIS USING REMOTE SENSING 34 5.1 Methodology 34 5.2 Acquiring LS Data 35 5.3 Change Detection Analysis 37 5.4 Study area delineation 39 5.5 Deriving land surface temperature 42 5.6 Analysis 47 CHAPTER 6: FIELD STUDY 56 6.1 Methodology 56 6.2 The Study 57 6.3 Pavement Landuse Analysis 62 CHAPTER 7: COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS 66 7.1Correlation66 7.2 Conclusion 71 CHAPTER 8: RECOMMENDATIONS 74 8.1 Green Streets 74 BIBLIOGRAPHY79 ANNEXURE 81