Measuring urban sprawl on geospatial indices characterized by leap frog development using remote sensing and GIS techniques

• Main Authors: Hj. Mohd. Noor, Norzailawati, Asmawi, M. Zainora, Rusni, Nuraulia
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: G Geography (General); GA Mathematical geography. Cartography; H Social Sciences (General); T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/38223/1/ISDE_30062013_norzailawati_%281%29.doc.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/38223/2/ISDE_2013_-_Sponsorship_Prospectus_%2808072013%29.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/38223/3/Venue__Paper_Allocation_-_22082013.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/38223/; http://www.isde2013kuching.com/

Characterizing urban sprawl using spatial measures requires a concise definition of what constitutes sprawling urban spatial patterns. This research attempt to study a measurement of defining sprawl by using leapfrog development index through remote sensing and GIS approach. The IKONOS pan-sharpened and SPOT-5 with 1 and 2.5 meter resolution were used and combined with Geographical information system (GIS) database to analyze the geospatial indicators using the leapfrog development index. Kuantan city has been selected as a study area to examine the leapfrog development based on land use pattern for year 2012. The findings shows Kuantan has identified as non-sprawling cities with result from characterization in leapfrog development that has been tested. However, the gap between sprawl and non-sprawling was very low. It is anticipated this research will provide a new direction in sprawl nationally that address finding of sprawl at the atomic level and present a robust analytical approach for characterizing urban development in city scale at once promoting a city via GIS & Remote Sensing technology respectively towards Digital and Green cities.