FOREWORD
ABBREVIATIONS
CHAPTER 1 BAISIC CONCEPT
1.1 Urban Heat Island
1.2 Research objectives, contents and significances
1.3 Research approach
1.4 Book structure
CHAPTER 2 Research Framework
2.1 Overview of UHI phenomenon
2.2 LST retrieval for SUHI studies
2.3 UHI studies
2.4 Overview of previous UHI studies
2.5 Research problems in previous UHI studies
2.6 Research directions and breakthrough points in this book
2.7 Summary
CHAPTER 3 HIGH SPATIO-TEMPORAL RESOLUTION LST PREDICTION FOR INTRA-CITY SUHI STUDIES
3.1 Spatio-temporal image fusion model for predicting LST
3.2 Data and methodology
3.3 Results and discussion
3.4 Summary
CHAPTER 4 SEASONAL VARIATIONS IN THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LST AND NDVI IN BEIJING CITY
4.1 Study area and Data
4.2 Methodology
4.3 Results and discussion
4.4 Summary
CHAPTER 5 SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION IN SUHII AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS ACROSS MAJOR CHINESE CITIES
5.1 Study area and data
5.2 Methodology
5.3 Results and discussion
5.4 Summary
CHAPTER 6 RESPONSE OF UHI TO FUTURE URBAN EXPANSION OVER THE BEIJING-TIANJIN-HEBEI METROPOLITAN AREA
6.1 Study area and data
6.2 Methodology
6.3 Results and discussion
6.4 Summary
CHAPTER 7 Afterword
REFERENCES

WANG Juan、HUANG Bo编的《Spatio-temporal Modeling and Analysis of Urban Heat Islands in China》 developed a systematic research framework following the outline of“retrieving land surface temperature(LST)describing the spatio-temporal patterns．revealing the associated factors，and simulating the response to urban expansion”．It provided ail in—depth comprehensive understanding about the variations andassociated factors of UHI，enriched knowledge on the UHI and provided referencesto mitigate UH／effect in China．
This book is available for undergraduate and graduate students majored ingeographic information science，urban and rural planning．It is also recommendedas a reference book for researchers engaged in related researches such as urban heatisland．image fusion and climate simulation．