Evaluating urban sprawl using remote sensing and geographic information systems techniques

Urban sprawl and climate change are two main environmental problems of the 21st century, and these two aspects are interconnected. The objectives of this study are to; (i) investigate the process of urban sprawl in Shiraz city, Iran, (ii) describe the history of city growth and to predict the growth...

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Main Author: Sarvestani, Mahdi Sabet (Author)
Format: Thesis
Published: 2012-03.
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