Impacts of urban forestry on reducing heat islands in the communes of Golfe 5 and 7, Lomé (Togo)

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Yawa Agoe
https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7383-1311
Bimare Kombate
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1642-0451
Hodabalo Egbelou
https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9252-525X
Marra Dourma
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6864-9039
Koffi Akpagana
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4290-8861

Abstract

This study was conducted in the communes of Golfe 5 and 7, aims to contribute to a better understanding of the role of urban forestry in reducing heat islands in urban areas. It involved: (i) mapping the spatial distributions of land surface temperature variations and the distributions of vegetation cover and building areas in the communes of Golfe 5 and 7, and (ii) identify local people's perceptions of heat islands. To achieve these objectives, a Landsat satellite image and a land surface temperature image coupled with field data were used. The analysis of land use revealed a predominance of building areas/bare ground (46.60% in Golfe 7 and 67.74% in Golfe 5) and croplands/fallow land (47% in Golfe 7 and 28.18% in Golfe 5) in the two communes with an uneven spatial distribution of the heat island (HI). The variation of the heat island according to land-use units showed that the hottest areas (UHI:[0.1, 0.2]) were characterized by a dominance of building areas/bare ground and croplands/fallow land. The areas of dense forests/plantations, savannahs and water areas have relatively low and very low temperatures (UHI:[-0.1, 0]; ≤-0.1). The hottest areas was more represented in the Golfe 5 commune than Golfe 7. Surveys of 141 people in the communes of Golfe 5 and 7 showed that the majority perceived the heat to be more intense at midday than at night.

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Agoe, Y., Kombate, B., Egbelou, H., Dourma , M., & Akpagana, K. (2026). Impacts of urban forestry on reducing heat islands in the communes of Golfe 5 and 7, Lomé (Togo). Revue Ecosystèmes Et Paysages, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.59384/rev.ecosyst.paysages.v6i1.210
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Bimare Kombate

Laboratoire de Botanique et Écologie Végétale (LBEV), Département botanique, Faculté des sciences (FDS), Université de Lomé (UL), 01 BP 1515, Lomé 1, Togo

Hodabalo Egbelou

Laboratoire de Botanique et Écologie Végétale (LBEV), Département botanique, Faculté des sciences (FDS), Université de Lomé (UL), 01 BP 1515, Lomé 1, Togo

Marra Dourma

Laboratoire de Botanique et Écologie Végétale (LBEV), Département botanique, Faculté des sciences (FDS), Université de Lomé (UL), 01 BP 1515, Lomé 1, Togo

 

Koffi Akpagana

Laboratoire de Botanique et Écologie Végétale (LBEV), Département botanique, Faculté des sciences (FDS), Université de Lomé (UL), 01 BP 1515, Lomé 1, Togo

 

 
 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

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