摘要：Urbanisation is an important factor related to microclimate and one of the main reasons for the formation of an Urban Heat Island (UHI). In the general sense, vegetated areas (e.g. forests, urban green spaces) form Urban Cooling Islands (UCIs), mitigate the adverse effects of UHI and deliver benefits for human health and urban sustainability. However, it is still unclear how the land use/ land cover (LULC) pattern characteristics and different types of green spaces affect the UCI benefits. This paper uses landscape metrics and quantitative statistical analysis to assess the influence of the spatial pattern of the landscape and different types of green spaces on delivering the UCI benefits in the case of Samsun, Turkey. In this study, land surface temperature (LST) and LULC types in Samsun, Turkey were obtained from Landsat 8 imagery, Urban Atlas 2012 and ESM 2012 datasets. I found that forests, urban green spaces, and water features were the most important components of the landscape in terms of delivering UCI benefits. The larger the patch area, edge perimeter and the more complex the shape of forests and urban green spaces with a more physically connected configuration had the stronger the UCI benefits. The paper concluded with a short review of how the findings of this study can be useful for future landscape planning regarding the UCI mitigation in urban areas.
