摘要：Discerning the relationship between urban structure and function is crucial for
sustainable city planning and requires examination of how components in urban
systems are organized in three-dimensional space. The Structure of Urban
Landscape (STURLA) classification accounts for the compositional complexity of
urban landcover structures including the built and natural environment. Building on
previous research, we develop a STURLA classification for Philadelphia, PA and study
the relationship between urban structure and land surface temperature. We evaluate the
results in Philadelphia as compared to previous case studies in Berlin, Germany and
New York City, United States. In Philadelphia, STURLA classes hosted ST that were
unique and significantly different as compared to all other classes. We find a similar
distribution of STURLA class composition across the three cities, though NYC and
Berlin showed strong correlation with each other but not with Philadelphia. Our research
highlights the use of STURLA classification to capture a physical property of the urban
landscape.
关键词：urban landscape; Urban surface temperature; STURLA; Urban Structure; City comparison
