 This study examined the effects of land cover change on land surface temperature, LST, in the Doca metropolitan area, DMA. It found that if the current trends continue, 56% and 87% of the DMA area could be exposed to temperatures above 30 degrees Celsius by 2019 and 2029, respectively. To address these issues, the authors proposed a methodology using artificial neural networks to simulate future land cover changes and estimate their impacts on LST. This article was authored by Bayes Ahmed, M.D. Kamruzaman, Shian Zhu, and others.