Mapping urban heat dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-city analysis of drivers of urban heat island across African cities
- 10 October 2026
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in African Geographical Review
- p. 1-29
Abstract
1. Urban heat anomalies, driven by land cover transformation and human activity, are an increasingly urgent challenge in rapidly urbanizing regions worldwide (Marchiori et al., 2012; Nasar-U-Minall...Keywords
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