Analysis of Urban Growth and Sprawl from Remote Sensing Data

• Main Author: Bhatta, Basudeb. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Series: Advances in Geographic Information Science,
• Subjects: Geography.; Mathematical geography.; Information systems.; Information Systems.; Environmental management.; Earth Sciences.; Computer Applications in Earth Sciences.; Environmental Management.; Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet).; Management of Computing and Information Systems.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-05299-6

This book provides a comprehensive discussion on urban growth and sprawl, and how they can be analyzed using remote sensing imageries. It compiles the views of numerous researchers which help in understanding urban growth and sprawl; their patterns, process, causes, consequences, and countermeasures...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Pattern and Process of Urban Growth and Sprawl
• 2.Causes and Consequences of Urban Growth and Sprawl
• 3. Sustainable Development and Smart Growth
• 4. Sustainable Development and Smart Growth
• 5. Mapping and Monitoring Urban Growth
• 6. Simulation of Urban Growth
• 7.Modelling and Simulation of Urban Growth
• 8. Limitations of Urban Growth Analysis.