| SUHI | Urban Heat Island |
| TM | Thematic Mapper |
| LST | Land Surface Temperature |
| PDMM | Population Dynamic Mapping Model |
| TPU | Tertiary Planning Units |
| ORs | Odds Ratios |
| OLS | Ordinary Least Squares Models |
| GIS | Geographical Information System |
| LULC | land use and land cover |
| HKO | Hong Kong Observatory |
| HKSAR | Hong Kong Special Administrative Region |