Land use/cover change detection and urban sprawl analysis in Bandar Abbas City, Iran

• Main Authors: Dadras, Mohsen, Mohd Shafri, Helmi Zulhaidi, Ahmad, Noordin, Pradhan, Biswajeet, Safarpour, Sahabeh
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34348/1/Land%20Use%20Cover%20Change%20Detection%20and%20Urban%20Sprawl%20Analysis%20in.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34348/; http://www.hindawi.com/journals/tswj/2014/690872/abs/

The process of land use change and urban sprawl has been considered as a prominent characteristic of urban development. This study aims to investigate urban growth process in Bandar Abbas city, Iran, focusing on urban sprawl and land use change during 1956–2012. To calculate urban sprawl and land us...