Predicting the effects of urban development on land transition and spatial patterns of land use in western Peninsular Malaysia

• Main Authors: Nourqolipour, Ramin, Mohamed Shariff, Abdul Rashid, Balasundram, Siva Kumar, Ahmad, Noordin, Mohd Sood, Alias, Buyong, Taher
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2016
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/47365/1/Predicting%20the%20effects%20of%20urban%20development%20on%20land%20transition%20and%20spatial%20patterns%20of%20land%20use%20in%20western%20Peninsular%20Malaysia.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/47365/; http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12061-014-9128-9

Analyzing the effects of urban development on dynamic and spatial patterns of land use is vital to establish more efficient land management policies. However, in Malaysia, such effects are usually explained without quantitative metrics. This research quantified the future impact of urban expansion o...