The relationship between land cover and
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David J. Murphy; Myrna H. Hall; Charles A. S. Hall; Gordon M. Heisler; Stephen V
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Article
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2010
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Throughout the tropics, population movements, urban growth, and industrialization are causing conditions that result in elevated temperatures within urban areas when compared with that in surrounding rural areas, a phenomenon known as the urban heat island (UHI). One such example is the