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MODELLING URBAN GROWTH FOR BANGKOK AND ASSESSING LINKAGES WITH ROAD DENSITY AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2019 The fastest urbanization is occurring in the Global South which includes many developing nations in Asia. However, a rapid and unplanned urban growth could threaten the sustainability of the process.
S. A. Kamarajugedda +5 more
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Land, 2022 Studying the expansion of urban construction land is necessary to promote rational land use and scientific territorial spatial planning. To reveal urban built-up areas, this study uses 1990–2020 Landsat remote sensing images, superimposed with NPP/VIIRS ...
Kaihuai Liao +4 more
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Spatiotemporal Characterization of the Urban Expansion Patterns in the Yangtze River Delta Region
Remote Sensing, 2021 Characterizing urban expansion patterns is of great significance to planning and decision-making for urban agglomeration development. This study examined the urban expansion in the entire Yangtze River Delta Region (YRDR) with its land-use data of six ...
Ziqi Yu +8 more
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Heat risk assessment for the Brussels capital region under different urban planning and greenhouse gas emission scenarios [PDF]
, 2019 Urban residents are exposed to higher levels of heat stress in comparison to the rural population. As this phenomenon could be enhanced by both global greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and urban expansion, urban planners and policymakers should integrate ...
Demuzere, Matthias +4 more
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Review of Research on Non-Conforming Urban Expansion: Measurement, Interpretation, and Governance
Land, 2022 Spatial plans are widely used as a basic tool for regulating urban expansion. However, land development beyond zones planned for urban development is prevalent worldwide, posing a serious challenge to the implementation of spatial plans and their ...
Xiaoqiang Shen +3 more
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Remote Sensing, 2017 Urban megaregions have emerged as a new urbanized form. However, previous studies mostly focused on urban expansion at the city scale, particularly for large cities.
Wenjuan Yu, Weiqi Zhou
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Quantifying the spatio-temporal patterns of settlement growth in a metropolitan region of Ghana [PDF]
, 2016 This is the final version of the article. It first appeared from Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10708-016-9719-xRetrospective understanding of the magnitude and pace of urban expansion is necessary for effective growth management in metropolitan
Abdul-Fatawu, Mohammed +2 more
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Urban expansion: theory, evidence and practice
Buildings & Cities, 2023 Cities accommodate population growth both through the densification of their existing footprints and through their expansion into their rural peripheries. In recent decades, most population growth has been accommodated through urban expansion.
Shlomo Angel
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Urban expansion indicators of cities "Case study for Arab cities
Journal of Techniques, 2020 Urban population growth requires an appropriate and suitable place for future population to cope with the expected urban expansion of major cities in developing countries, and to identify an indicator urban expansion to guide planners, architects and ...
Nabil T. Ismael
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