Rapid population growth is pushing African cities to unprecedented sizes. The negative social and environmental consequences of the uncontrolled urban expansion have been documented. The purpose of this project was to develop appropriate databases to study the temporal land use changes in urban expansion and predict future urban growth for the city of Niamey, Niger. Land use transition was obta...

Landuse change in metropolitan areas is largely focused on the dynamic nature of urban landuse change. In this research, a spatial statistical model was used to support decision-making with regard to urban growth predictions in the urban fringe of Beijing, China. The model adopted in this study was based on the integration of remote sensing, geographical information systems, and multivariate ma...

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Exotic tree invasions Non-native invasive species Ligustrum lucidum Change detection Support Vector Machines classification Urban expansion Landsat Thematic Mapper Argentina Sierras Chicas Córdoba In central Argentina, the Chinese tree glossy privet (Ligustrum lucidum) is an aggressive invasive species replacing native forests, forming dense stands, and is thus a...

Heat-wave risk in cities is determined both by regional climate evolutions and by cities size and shape change, because they can impact heat island effect. Land planning and urban transport policies, due to their long-lasting impact on cities shape, can therefore play a role in heat-wave risk mitigation. However, the link between these policies and resulting change in urban heat island is far f...

Currently, urban expansion has been an important means of economic development, but the coercive impact its rapid on ecological vulnerability region become increasingly issue that restricts sustainable development. This paper uses a SWOT analysis method to analyze this phenomenon, and then proposes solutions based problem in order better grasp future lead development new type city is low-carbon...

tehran city has been subject of critical environmental challenges during the course of 20th. century namely: massive population growth, broad expansion, reduction in urban open/green spaces, increasing in energy consumption and waste production. releasing industrial wastewater into river valleys have led to considerable changes in structure of city's natural landscape. the natural structur...

rapid urban population is widely known as the main inducement of growing cities in terms of quantity and variety in form. however, the city expansion entails physical challenges and it has profound impacts on the issue of urban morphology. it raises global awareness beyond the urbanism and includes sociology, psychology, economics as well as environmental studies due to the implications of broa...