Monitoring land use change and measuring urban sprawl based on its spatial forms
As a response to the challenge of rapid pace of urbanization and lack of reliable data for environmental and urban planning, especially in the developing countries, this paper evaluates land use/cover change (LCLU) and urban spatial expansion, from 1987 to 2013, in the Qom, Iran, using satellite ima...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-06-01
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| Series: | Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110982316300308 |