Urban Sprawl Analysis and Modeling in Asmara, Eritrea

Urban Sprawl Analysis and Modeling in Asmara, Eritrea

The extension of urban perimeter markedly cuts available productive land. Hence, studies in urban sprawl analysis and modeling play an important role to ensure sustainable urban development. The urbanization pattern of the Greater Asmara Area (GAA), the capital of Eritrea, was studied. Satellite images and geospatial tools were employed to analyze the spatiotemporal urban landuse changes. Objec...

Cartography and Spatial Analysis of Urban Sprawl

This article is aimad at exploring urban sprawl as a new leading behavior pattern of cities. Undoubtedly, the traditional city is changing to a landscape dominated by new urban development of low density, road networks and shopping centers. Geographic information technologies have to face the cartographic and quantitative analysis of this new urban spatial structure This article presents a meth...

Measuring and modeling urban sprawl: Data, scale and spatial dependencies

Urban sprawl and public health.

When regular steam ferry service between Brooklyn and Manhattan began in 1814, the first commuter suburb became possible. 1 Suburbs continued to develop slowly but steadily during the 19th and early 20th centuries, thanks to transportation advances such as commuter trains and streetcars, the innovations of early real estate developers, and the urge to live in pastoral tranquility rather than in...

Barriers to and facilitators of hypertension management in Asmara, Eritrea: patients’ perspectives

BACKGROUND Personal hypertension management is a cornerstone in the prevention of hypertension complications. In Eritrea, the increase in the national life expectancy rate has been accompanied by an increase in hypertension complications such as stroke. Hence, this study was designed to identify barriers and facilitates to hypertension management from the perspective of the patients. METHODS ...