scholarly journals Applications of GIS and Very High-Resolution RS Data for Urban Land Use Change Studies in Mongolia

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Amarsaikhan ◽  
V. Battsengel ◽  
E. Egshiglen ◽  
R. Gantuya ◽  
D. Enkhjargal
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Land Use Change ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Urban Land ◽  
Urban Land Use ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Topographic Map

The aim of this study is to analyze the urban land use changes occurred in the central part of Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia, from 1930 to 2008 with a 10-year interval using geographical information system (GIS) and very high-resolution remote sensing (RS) data sets. As data sources, a large-scale topographic map, panchromatic and multispectral Quickbird images, and TerraSAR synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data are used. The primary urban land use database is developed using the topographic map of the study area and historical data about buildings. To extract updated land use information from the RS images, Quickbird and TerraSAR images are fused. For the fusion, ordinary and special image fusion techniques are used and the results are compared. For the final land use change analysis and RS image processing, ArcGIS and Erdas imagine systems installed in a PC environment are used. Overall, the study demonstrates that within the last few decades the central part of Ulaanbaatar city is urbanized very rapidly and became very dense.

scholarly journals URBAN LAND USE CHANGE AND THE LANGAT BASIN ECOSYSTEM HEALTH

2006 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaharudin Idrus ◽  
Abdul Hadi Samad
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Change ◽  
Ecosystem Health ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Urban Land ◽  
Urban Land Use ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Klang Valley ◽  
The Impact

The paper discusses over four decades of urban land use changes in the Langat River Basin in response to rapid development impulses that flowed from the more developed Klang Valley where Kuala Lumpur, the Malaysian capital city is situated. It proceeds to look into the impact of those changes on the ecosystem health of the basin. Federal development policies, strategies, programs and activities have transformed the basin from an industrial agricultural basin into an urbanized area. Being contiguous to the Klang Valley, the basin rose over the decades to be a choice location for not only foreign direct investment to produce manufactured products for export but also services and educational. The paper also discusses the status of the Langat Basin ecosystem health. The change to the land use has indeed impacted on the basin ecosystem health. Using GIS, land use changes in the basin over the decades were analysed to reveal the persistent direction of change. It is clear that the trend of land use change in the Langat Basin is the conversion from one type of land use to developing urbanised and full urban areas. What is implied by the changes are indicators that can be derived to show the sustainability of the ecosystem in the Langat Basin such as river flood, mud flood, land slide, etc.

scholarly journals URBAN LAND USE CHANGE AND THE LANGAT BASIN ECOSYSTEM HEALTH

2006 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaharudin Idrus ◽  
Abdul Hadi Samad
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Change ◽  
Ecosystem Health ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Urban Land ◽  
Urban Land Use ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Klang Valley ◽  
The Impact

The paper discusses over four decades of urban land use changes in the Langat River Basin in response to rapid development impulses that flowed from the more developed Klang Valley where Kuala Lumpur, the Malaysian capital city is situated. It proceeds to look into the impact of those changes on the ecosystem health of the basin. Federal development policies, strategies, programs and activities have transformed the basin from an industrial agricultural basin into an urbanized area. Being contiguous to the Klang Valley, the basin rose over the decades to be a choice location for not only foreign direct investment to produce manufactured products for export but also services and educational. The paper also discusses the status of the Langat Basin ecosystem health. The change to the land use has indeed impacted on the basin ecosystem health. Using GIS, land use changes in the basin over the decades were analysed to reveal the persistent direction of change. It is clear that the trend of land use change in the Langat Basin is the conversion from one type of land use to developing urbanised and full urban areas. What is implied by the changes are indicators that can be derived to show the sustainability of the ecosystem in the Langat Basin such as river flood, mud flood, land slide, etc.

scholarly journals Urban Sprawl in the Mediterranean Urban Regions in Europe and the Crisis Effect on the Urban Land Development: Madrid as Study Case

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaime Díaz-Pacheco ◽  
Juan Carlos García-Palomares
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
General Pattern ◽  
Spatial Dynamics ◽  
Land Development ◽  
Urban Land ◽  
Urban Land Use ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
New Situation

The middle of 2007 saw the beginning of a worldwide financial crisis that led to a sharp reduction in investment based on construction and urban development. This new situation is generating a new process, characterised by a slowdown that has almost reached a standstill when compared with the frenzied development of previous decades. In order to analyse these processes, this study examines urban land use changes and the urban growth rate and spatial dynamics of the metropolitan region of Madrid. The analysis has been carried out on a large scale between two periods (2000–2006 and 2006–2009) using a regional land use geodatabase. The results show the changes in the urban land use dynamics that took place over these two periods that could characterise the cities of Mediterranean Europe, where contrarily to the general pattern in Europe built-up areas are combining scattered built-up areas with new aggregated compact developments.

Exploring the Decision Tree Method for Modelling Urban Land Use Change

GEOMATICA ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 313-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mileva Samardžić-Petrović ◽  
Suzana Dragićević ◽  
Branislav Bajat ◽  
Miloš Kovačević
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Change ◽  
Dynamic Models ◽  
Classification Tree ◽  
Characteristic Curve ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Urban Land ◽  
Urban Land Use ◽  
Kappa Statistics ◽  
Urban Land Use Change

Land use changes play an important role in interactions between human and physical systems, and have significant impacts on the environment at local, regional and global scales. Land use change is a complex process and so developing dynamic models to represent the process is a challenging task. Decision Trees (DT) is a Machine Learning (ML) method with the capability to extract trends and generate a representative model using historical geospatial data. While DT is used in remote sensing as an image classification method, it is not sufficiently examined in land use science. The main objective of this research study is to examine the capability of DT method to model urban land use change. Various numbers of attributes for three municipalities in the City of Belgrade, Republic of Serbia were used. Land use is represented with nine land use classes for three different time instances for the years 2003, 2007 and 2011. The kappa statistics and weighted Area Under Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve (AUC) were used to compare the model outputs with real land use datasets for year 2011. The maximum obtained values for kappa and weighted AUC indicate that DT is a useful method for modelling urban land use change. Furthermore, the derived classification tree generates information about the relationship between the considered causal factors and land use changes and allows for better understanding of the change process.

scholarly journals Spatio-temporal dynamics of land use changes in response to external pressures in Oman: Greenhouse cropping as an example

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Michael L. Deadman ◽  
Abdullah M. Al-Sadi ◽  
Malik M. Al-Wardi ◽  
Khalifa S.M. Al-Kiyumi ◽  
W.M. Deadman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Change ◽  
Temporal Dynamics ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Urban Land ◽  
Urban Land Use ◽  
Groundwater Salinity ◽  
Northern Coast ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Spatio Temporal

Further from the northern coast of Oman new farm developments were more frequent than closer to the coast; they were also larger. The density of farms was highest close to Muscat although the distance enclosing 50% of farms had shifted away from Muscat during the study period. The dominance of Muscat is likely to be related to access to markets and infrastructure development. The increase in groundwater salinity was also highest close to Muscat and may be responsible for the shift in greenhouse density. Salinization of groundwater is severe close to the coast and was responsible for the reduced density of greenhouses near the coast. Land abandonment was highest close to Muscat and to the coast, reflecting changes in groundwater salinity and urbanization pressure. Less evidence was available for a direct shift from farmland to urban land use. Recent urban developments were largely located in areas already abandoned by agriculture. The paper also discusses likely future trends in land use change given that Oman’s population is increasing at over 2% annually and demand for urban land is increasing. The identification of a “salinity corridor” within which much of the future land use change may occur is discussed. 

scholarly journals A ASSESSMENT OF URBAN LAND USE CHANGE AND ITS EFFECT ON SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY IN NIGERIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 66-68
Author(s):  
Ogungbenro MATTHEW TAIWO
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Change ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Physical Development ◽  
Urban Land ◽  
Urban Land Use ◽  
The Social ◽  
Scholarly Discussion ◽  
The Government

Many cities in Nigeria are characterised with various land use changes and developments resulting from the menace of urbanization. Tragically, many of these developments are sporadical and unguided, thus, infringing on the social sustainability of these cities. Although it is widely accepted that development must be sustainable, its connection with land use change has not been sufficiently investigated in scholarly discussion especially in Nigeria. This study through literature revision observed that while pursuing physical development occasioned by land use change, little or no attention has been given to the aspect of social sustainability; thus, posing challenges to the peoples’ sense of urban liveability in Nigeria. It was recommended among others that changes in urban land use must be well monitored by the government agencies to avoid harphazard growth in the urban fabrics. The urban land users also must be responsible for adhering to land use guides so as to safeguard the interest in land of the unborn generation

scholarly journals Analysis of Akure Urban Land Use Change Detection from Remote Imagery Perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julius Oluranti Owoeye ◽  
Oyewole Amos Ibitoye
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Change ◽  
Change Detection ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Urban Land ◽  
Urban Land Use ◽  
Land Uses ◽  
Imagery Perspective ◽  
Urban Land Use Change ◽  
The City

This study presents the analysis of Akure urban land use change detection from remote imagery perspective. Efforts were made to examine the direction that the continuous expansion of the city tends towards since its inception as a state capital in 1976. Using Aerial Imagery Overlay (AIO), the pattern of land use changes in Akure and its environs were determined. This involves imageries interpolation and overlaying to determine the land use changes, direction, and extent of the expansion. Findings revealed unguided expansion in the growth of the city which affects the pattern of land uses within the city and, by extension, into the adjoining settlements. There were incompatible conversions in land uses and undue encroachment into green areas in the adjoining communities. The study suggests effective zoning strategy on unguided nature of urban development whose effects on land use are very prominent in the study area. Adequate monitoring by the Development Control Department and other stakeholders in urban planning is equally suggested to mitigate the incompatible land use changes in the area.

scholarly journals A REVIEW OF THE EFFECTS OF LAND-USE CHANGE ON SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY IN AN EMERGING ECONOMY

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 1137-1146
Author(s):  
Ogungbenro Matthew Taiwo ◽  
Salfarina Samsudin ◽  
Dzurllkanian @ ZulkarnainDaud ◽  
Olukolajo Michael Ayodele
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Change ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Urban Land ◽  
Urban Land Use ◽  
The Social ◽  
Urban Land Use Change

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to review the quest for physical development and economic viability which has overshadowed the social aspect of sustainable development that produces a liveable urban settlement in many emerging economies. Many of the urban areas of developing countries are characterized by sporadic/unguided land-use changes as a result of urbanization coupled with poor planning and management of land-use. Unfortunately, these changes are impacting negatively on the social fabric of sustainable and this calls for urgent attention. Methodology: The study is based on an extensive review of literature on land-use changes and social sustainability in both the developed and emerging economies in order to identify gaps in practice and management of urban land development. Main Findings: The results showed that although a considerable investment has been made and enormous efforts geared towards achieving sustainable development in Nigeria urban areas, little or no attention devoted to social sustainability in the planning and execution of these projects has rather led to unsustainable development. Many developmental projects and planning were politicized and thereby jettisoned social sustainability in the process. Implication: It is important that urban land-use change should be appropriately monitored, purposively driven, and stakeholders must be responsive to promoting social sustainability to achieve a wholesome urban development. Novelty: This study to the best of our knowledge is the first attempt that links urban land-use change and social sustainability especially in Nigeria. It has also provided information to guide the land-use planners, the policymakers and other stakeholders towards achieving a wholesome urban land-use development.

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