Keywords:
Climate modelling · Heatwave · Local Climate Zone · Remote sensing · Southeast Asia · Urban heat island
Assessing urban heat islands in Southeast Asia megacities: An integrated study of land use, climate change and heatwave occurrences
Rapid urbanisation and climate change are intensifying Urban Heat Island (UHI) effects across Southeast Asian (SEA) megacities, compounding heatwave risks and threatening urban sustainability. This study, conducted under the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN) collaboration, presents the first integrated, multi-decadal assessment of UHI–heatwave interactions in SEA, focusing on Kuala Lumpur as a representative...
Wan Mohd Jaafar, W.S., Abu Bakar, N.A., Ooi, M.C.G., Quan, T.A., Sofan, P., Wati, T., ... Xue, L. (2026). Assessing urban heat islands in Southeast Asia megacities: An integrated study of land use, climate change and heatwave occurrences. APN Science Bulletin, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.30852/sb.16.3191