The driving forces of changes in land use of a Peri-urban area: The case of Tselinograd district, Kazakhstan

This study focuses on the spatiotemporal dynamics of land use and cover (LULC) in Tselinograd district, which is a peri-urban area (PUA) metropolis Nur-Sultan. The analysis LULC PUA was carried out based supervised classification twenty-year interval (1998, 2008, 2018). During period, noticeable changes occurred structure LULC. At border with city, built-up increased dramatically. In arable forests has grown steadily pasture been declining. That is, there an intensification due to increase share area. main drivers change are urban expansion population growth Nur Sultan metropolis. general, as result reasonable economic legislative measures, influence Urban sprawl capital Kazakhstan still accompanied by slight effect its sustainable development. Our approach using Geo-Information Techniques useful for rapid detection phenomena processes that can lead unstable development PUA.