Determination of spatial factors in measuring urban sprawl in Kuantan using remote sensing and GIS

• Main Authors: Hj. Mohd. Noor, Norzailawati, Nur Aulia, Rusni
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2013
• Subjects: G Geography (General); GA Mathematical geography. Cartography; H Social Sciences (General); Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/30125/4/Norzailawati_AcEhanoi.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/30125/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042813025068#

Abstract Characterizing urban sprawl by using spatial measures require a concise definition of what constitutes urban sprawling spatial patterns. This research attempts to study the measurement of defining sprawl by using spatial factors indexes such as highway strip, land use segregation and lea...