*Research Scholar, Department of Geography, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam-530 0003, Andhra Pradesh
**Professor, Department of Geography, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam-530 0003, Andhra Pradesh
Online published on 18 June, 2013.
Addis Ababa is the fastest growing metropolitan areas in Ethiopia. The rapid urban growth the city exhibits in the last century resulted in tremendous land cover change dynamics. Particularly within the last 20 years, rapid urbanization has consumed vast areas of land adjacent to the city. This study examines the urban heat island (UHI) effect of the city, with a population of 2. 92 million, on temperature. A direct warming of the air can result from various combustion processes such as those involved with vehicles. Anthropogenic induced changes in the energy balance in urban centers have a significant effect on temperature, which has been termed the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect. The energy balance is also changed as a result of land surface changes that included variations in the albedo, thermal aerodynamic properties, hydrology and morphology of the surface. The aim of the paper is to evaluate the potential impacts of urban growth on the temperature characteristics of the city.
energy use, population growth, temperature, urbanization, urban heat Island
