Cellular automata (CA) models are in growing use for land-use change simulation and
future scenario prediction. It is necessary to conduct model assessment that reports the …

Land use/land cover (LULC) is a fundamental concept of the Earth's system intimately
connected to many phases of the human and physical environment. Earth observation (EO) …

Remote sensing is unique in its ability to record a variety of spatial and temporal data on
land surfaces with complete coverage, especially at larger spatial scales, and it has been …

Data about points of interest (POI) have been widely used in studying urban land use types
and for sensing human behavior. However, it is difficult to quantify the correct mix or the …

The spatial configuration of cities can affect how urban environments alter local energy
balances. Previous studies have reached the paradoxical conclusions that both sprawling …

This book provides a comprehensive discussion on urban growth and sprawl, and how they
can be analyzed using remote sensing imageries. It compiles views of numerous …

We review a variety of common measures of urban land use mix in order to understand their
differences and to identify their strengths and limitations. We then apply these measures to …

Analyzing spatio-temporal characteristics of land use change is essential for understanding
and assessing ecological consequence of urbanization. More importantly, such analysis can …

Conceptual ambiguity of sprawl and lack of consensus among researchers have made the
measurement of urban sprawl very difficult, especially from remote sensing data. There are …

Density analysis lies at the core of studies on urban expansion; however, many methods in
urban land density analysis are arbitrary and suffer from the lack of an established …