This paper presents a research that integrates remote sensing, GIS, and dynamic spatial modeling for predicting urban spatial growth with different development conditions considered. The study area has been a fast growing American metropolis. The prediction is based on a cellular automate urban growth model governed by a set of complex transition rules combining both socio-economic and biophysi...

As a Mayor, one of your greatest challenges is to plan and invest wisely in infrastructure for sustainable urban transport. Transport plays a crucial role in urban development by providing access for people to education, markets, employment, recreation, health care and other key services. Especially in cities of the developing world, enhanced mobility for the poor and vulnerable groups is one o...

This paper investigates ways of recording and visualizing the spatio-temporal trends of urban development in the Sydney metropolitan area from 1971 to 1996, which is an important component in modelling the urban development of metropolitan Sydney. Using GIS as a visualization tool, the paper first analyses the problems and quality of spatial data from different data providers. ABS census data a...

Urban ecosystem health evaluation can assist in sustainable ecological management at a regional level. This study examined urban agglomeration ecosystem health in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River with entropy weight and extension theories. The model overcomes information omissions and subjectivity problems in the evaluation process of urban ecosystem health. Results showed that human cap...

historic urban areas are a significant part of each city not only due to having irreplaceable cultural and social resources, but also due to their attractive patterns of life. they have being threatened by strong development trends. this paper aims to investigate the impacts of redevelopment trends in the historic city of shiraz, iran. the paper begins by highlighting historical development in ...

Promotion of urbanization is one of characteristics of current societies that in their evolutionary trend results in establishment of megalopolis and brings the complex urban management in these huge population centers every day, together with new difficulties. Urban environmental problems, providing public and security services, green space and city fa�ade, urban economic problems, informing, ...

objective: in addition to issues such as environment, transportation, safely and urban planning, one of the most important factors  having increasingly influence on urban organizing factors is urban management. methods: there are so many issues in cities that for its solving, urban management factor is necessary. complexity and  extensiveness of urban issue and its  development and growth, led ...