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Introduction  The world’s major cities are experiencing a significant increase in temperature when contrasted to their surrounding region. Recent studies have found that the cause of this phenomenon is the conversion of natural surfaces with low thermal inertia, such as greenery, to man-made structures with high thermal inertia, such as roadways and concrete buildings. This phenomenon is known as “Urban Heat Island,” and remote sensing and GIS have been found to be important techniques for studying it. Urban Heat Island is a result of  a) urbanization and (b) anthropogenic growth. The first is to adjust the land cover as urbanization erases the natural ground by substituting non-porous built-up surfaces for the natural surface content. The second is due to shipping and manufacturing activities resulting in a shift in the equilibrium of ambient surface energy by trap, incoming solar radiation during the day, and reradiation at night. UHI is recognized as an issue that arises as...