Simulating future urban growth and land use/land cover change for a city
by Badeea Shafeeq Abdi; Hakan Oguz
International Journal of Global Warming (IJGW), Vol. 21, No. 4, 2020

Abstract: Climate change is the leading environmental problem that human being faces and urban growth exacerbates this problem due to higher population growth, private transportation demands, electricity usage, and demand for larger residential homes. Thus, estimating future growth of cities becomes more popular than before. The main objective of this study is to predict future urban growth and land use change dynamics of the city of Bursa so that it would provide a basis for better urban management. SLEUTH model was used in this study and calibrated with historical data derived from a time series of satellite images. The model was coupled with geographic information systems and remote sensing data to simulate urban growth of the city from 2011 to 2040. Two different scenarios were designed to predict the urban development from 2011 to 2040.

Online publication date: Wed, 02-Sep-2020

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