Trend of Temperature Change in Shanghai: Long-Term Observations and Driving Factors

Abstract

The purpose is to provide suggestions to urban planning activities based on previous data. The topic of this paper is extreme temperature and the temperature changing trend. In the previous research, there is a gap, the gap is that the previous researches only focus on the study of urban areas but ignores the suburban areas around, so it is not very helpful for future urban planning. This research is a literature review, where the research reports made by scientists based on previous studies are examined. Then all the data will be analyzed and presented in tables, using figures to illustrate the findings. The gaps in the research have also been found, so this research then determines what can be improved in order to make it more reliable and more helpful for future development and urban planning. What the research found is that urbanization is very closely related to the rising temperature trend because of the urban heat island effect. The conclusion is that the research should be further strengthened so that the results will be more useful for urban planning in the future.