Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Urbanization Using GIS and Remote Sensing in Developing Countries

• Övriga skapare: Murayama, Yuji (Utgivare, redaktör, sammanställare), Simwanda, Matamyo (Utgivare, redaktör, sammanställare), Ranagalage, Manjula (Utgivare, redaktör, sammanställare)
• Materialtyp: Elektronisk Bokavsnitt
• Språk: engelska
• Publicerad: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Ämnen: Research & information: general; Geography; LST; urban-rural gradient; sub-Saharan region; Addis Ababa; Ethiopia; cellular automata; spatial layout; transportation infrastructure; LUCC; spatial patterns; spatial differences; DMSP-OLS; China; India; landscape pattern; industrial rural area; rural landscape; landscape ecology; southern Jiangsu; land use and cover; land surface temperature; built-up land; agricultural land; gradient analysis; Nuwara Eliya; Sri Lanka; urban public space; environment; check-in data; social media platform; point of interest; urbanization; GIS; urban development zones; urban sustainability; regression analysis; GWR; fragmentation; non-agricultural conversion of rural land; urban green space; RSEI; remote sensing; ecological status; dynamic motoring; Pingtan Island; urban land expansion; spatial pattern; driving forces; Pearl River Delta; urban agglomeration; urban heat island; impervious surface area; biophysical composition index; coastal city; Xiamen; surface urban heat island; MODIS; land cover; habitat quality; spatiotemporal analysis; Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration; urban planning; LULC change; transition matrix; systematic transition; Blantyre city; life quality index (LQI); Kandy city; AHP; MCDM; COVID-19 pandemic; environmental quality; PM10 concentration; n/a
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Over the last two decades, many researchers have focused on developing countries' urbanization patterns and processes. In this context, the scarcity of spatial data has been an obstacle to studying urbanization quantitatively, especially in Asian and African cities. The use of remote sensing da...