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Modeling spatio temporal pattern of urban land use and land cover change by using geospatial technology: a case of Shambu Town, Horo Guduru Wallaga, Ethiopia
Metropolitan and town planners in Ethiopia are dealing with high racial tensions concerned about the high rate of urban expansion which is posing a...
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Spatial analysis of urban expansion, land-use dynamics and its effects on land surface temperature in Oyo town, Southwestern Nigeria
This paper assessed the expansion of land use and land cover that occurred in Oyo State, Southwestern Nigeria, over a period of thirty-year. This was...
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Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Urban Land Use Applying Change Detection and Built-Up Index for Durgapur Municipal Corporation, Paschim Bardhaman, West Bengal
In eastern India, Durgapur is one of the fastest growing cities. The land cover and land use of Durgapur are shifting very hurriedly due to...
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Urban Growth Process in Greater Accra Metropolitan Area: Characterization Using Fractal Analysis
Rapid urbanization has many social and environmental impacts, so it is important to be able to monitor its evolution and try to limit its extent and...
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Peri-urban area delineation and urban sprawl quantification in Thiruvananthapuram Urban Agglomeration, India, from 2001 to 2021 using geoinformatics
In Southeast Asia, rising population, economic growth, and lack of land supply in the city core have led to the widespread irreversible land cover...
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Urban development and the loss of natural streams leads to increased flooding
Develo** countries with hard pressed economies and a rapidly growing population have a myriad of issues to face. Karachi is one of the largest...
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Post-suburbanization in Qingpu New Town: Process and formation mechanism
Under the wave of globalization, some cities in China, especially the so-called “megacities” are entering or have already entered the stage of...
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Effect of neighbourhood and its configurations on urban growth prediction of an unplanned metropolitan region
Rapid urbanisation, especially in develo** countries like India, has resulted in unplanned and haphazard urban expansion. With saturated urban...
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Edge Town/Che Fang
Economic development and accompanying urbanisation and social changes are occurring at an astounding pace in China. On the fringes of Suzhou and...
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Urban Expansion in Major Grain Producing Area from 1978 to 2017: A Case Study of Zhengzhou Metropolitan Area, China
The spatial form of urbanization in China has developed from single-core city expansion to a multi-center metropolitan area. However, little...
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Impact of Urbanization and Spatio-temporal Estimation of Land Surface Temperature in a Fast-growing Coastal Town in Kerala, Western Coast of Peninsular India
The large-scale degradation of the environment has happened due to the rapid urbanization and non-scientific developments around major towns in the...
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A spatio-temporal assessment and prediction of Ahmedabad’s urban growth between 1990–2030
Analyzing long term urban growth trends can provide valuable insights into a city’s future growth. This study employs LANDSAT satellite images from...
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On integrated urban and rural development
Cities and the countryside have long been an inseparable organic whole. China’s new model of high-quality urbanization requires integrated urban and...
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Urban Expansion Around Kolkata: Evaluating Urbanogenic Interventions in New Town, Rajarhat
As per the estimates of UN-Habitat, the urban world population by 2050 will reach 6.6 billion with 68% of the people living in urban areas with the...
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Spatio-temporal growth of a traditional urban centre in Nigeria
This study analysed the spatio-temporal land use and land cover (LULC) changes in Ijebu Ode, Nigeria; determined the changes in the urban land use...
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Automatic urban feature extraction using rule-based object-oriented classification: a case study of parts of Pune city, Maharashtra, India
Urban areas are gaining attention globally with the implementation of the United Nations sustainable development agenda 2030 where more emphasis is...
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The role of building violations on urban spatial development in Iran: an emphasize on Tehran metropolis socioeconomic factors
Building code violations have negatively affected Tehran’s spatial development significantly over the last three decades. This study was carried out...
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The impact of economic development on urban livability: Evidence from 40 large and medium-sized cities of China
Under the background that economy and urbanization of China are gradually entering the stage of high-quality development, clarifying the influence of...
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Assessing of LULC and Climate Change in Kolkata Urban Agglomeration Using MOLUSCE Model
Land Use and Climate change are interrelated to each other. Understanding the response of land use/land cover (LULC) change and climate change over...
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Spatial and temporal coordinated development research on ecosystem services and human well-being in the typical pastoral area of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
In this study, the interplay between ecosystem services and human well-being in Seni district, which is a pastoral region of Nagqu city on the...