Spatial and Temporal Changes on Land Surface Temperature by Land use/ Land cover of Paung Township, Mon State, Myanmar

摘要

Rapid changes in the land use and land cover of a region have become a major environmental concern in recent time. The main goal of this paper is to quantify the changes in the land cover and consequent changes in surface temperature. For this research, Landsat satellite images of 1997, 2007 and 2017 of Paung township area were used. Geospatial technologies such as remote sensing and GIS are very effectiveness in measuring, monitoring and predicating the land use/land cover changes. The findings of this paper revealed a notable land use and land cover change and surface temperature for the future sustainable mining related areas; Paung Township. This study demonstrates that rapid human actives and mining areas significantly decreases the dense forest areas, hence increased the surface temperature and modified around the Pound Township microclimate. This has led to unsustainable development with the reduction of green spaces and also changes in local climate a formation of region heat.