Thisbookdevelopedasystematicresearchframeworkfollowingtheoutlineof“retrievinglandsurfacetemperature(LST)describingthespatio-temporalpatterns”revealingtheassociatedfactors”andsimulatingtheresponsetourbanexpansion”.Itprovidedanin-depthcomprehensiveunderstandingaboutthevariationsandassociatedfactorsofUHI”enrichedknowledgeontheUHIandprovidedreferencestomitigateUHIeffectinChina.