Mitigating the Urban Heat Island Effect in Megacity Tehran

<table class="table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Type of land use</td><td align="center">Percentage within 6th urban district</td><td align="center">Area (h)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Impervious surface area (pavement, buildings)</td><td align="center">97.37%</td><td align="center">2087.52</td></tr><tr><td align="left"> Vegetation (tree canopy and ground level vegetation)</td><td align="center">2.4%</td><td align="center">51.57</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Fraction of impervious surface area and vegetation in the 6th urban district in Tehran.

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Table 4: Mitigating the Urban Heat Island Effect in Megacity Tehran 