# urban heat island

> urban area that is significantly warmer than its surrounding rural areas due to human activities

**Wikidata**: [Q215712](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q215712)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_heat_island)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/urban-heat-island


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. BBC Things
3. YSO-Wikidata mapping project
4. Quora
5. National Library of Israel
6. KBpedia
7. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)