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Published on: December 12, 2025
Climate change adaptation through urban heat management in Atlanta, Georgia
Brian Stone1, Jason Vargo, Peng Liu
1School of City and Regional Planning, College of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA. gdasilva@unimelb.edu.au
Abstract:
This study explores the potential effectiveness of metropolitan land cover change as a climate change adaptation strategy for managing rising temperatures in a large and rapidly warming metropolitan region of the United States. Through the integration of a mesoscale meteorological model with estimated land cover data for the Atlanta, Georgia region in 2010, this study quantifies the influence of extensive land cover change at the periphery of a large metropolitan region on temperature within the city center. The first study to directly model a metropolitan scale heat transfer mechanism, we find both enhanced tree canopy and impervious cover in the suburban zones of the Atlanta region to produce statistically significant cooling and warming effects in the urban core. Based on these findings, we conclude that urban heat island management both within and beyond the central developed core of large cities may provide an effective climate change adaptation strategy for large metropolitan regions.
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