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