There has been unprecedented growth of urban areas across the world in the past few decades. For example, in 2018, the global urban population was around 55% of the total population of the world; and this figure is set to increase to nearly 68% by 2050 (UN, 2018). Increased urbanisation has modified many biophysical processes influencing energy balance, infiltration, storm-water runoff, precipitation, temperature, air quality carbon storage and local biodiversity of an area (dos Santos et al., 2017). One of the alarming concerns of urbanization is rapid increase of local ambient temperature (both air temperature as well as land surface temperature), which significantly impacts the life of urban citizens.
