Modeling the Impact of Urbanization on Land-Use Change in Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia: An Integrated Cellular Automata–Markov Chain Approach

The fast-paced urbanization of recent decades entails that many regions are facing seemingly uncontrolled land-use changes (LUCs) that go hand in hand with a range of environmental and socio-economic challenges. In this paper, we use an integrated cellular automata–Markov chain (CA–MC) model to anal...

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Published in:	Land
Main Authors:	Melaku Bogale Fitawok, Ben Derudder, Amare Sewnet Minale, Steven Van Passel, Enyew Adgo, Jan Nyssen
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2020-04-01
Subjects:	analytical hierarchy process cellular automata land-use change Markov chain urbanization
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/9/4/115