Measurement and pattern analysis of urban sprawl using remote sensing and GIS A case study of Wujiang, China(1978–2004)

Author

Zhang, X. ; Zhu, Y. ; Yao, H. A J

Author_Institution

State Key Lab. of Hydrol.-Water Resources & Hydraulic Eng., Hohai Univ., Nanjing

fYear

2008

fDate

June 30 2008-July 2 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The objective of this research is to develop and assess a pattern analysis for land cover maps. The selective landscape metrics (PD, CONTAG, PAFRAC, and SHDI) have been computed for the multi-temporal land cover maps based on Landsat MSS/TM remote sensing during 1978-2004. Our study systematically explores and compares trends and patterns of urban sprawl across the town level in Wujiang.

Keywords

geographic information systems; land use planning; remote sensing; AD 1978 to 2004; CONTAG metric; China; GIS; Landsat MSS/TM data; PAFRAC metric; PD metric; SHDI metric; Wujiang; geographic information system; land cover maps; landscape metrics; pattern analysis; remote sensing; urban sprawl; Cities and towns; Earth; Geographic Information Systems; Hydrologic measurements; Laboratories; Pattern analysis; Remote monitoring; Remote sensing; Satellites; Urban areas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Earth Observation and Remote Sensing Applications, 2008. EORSA 2008. International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2393-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2394-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EORSA.2008.4620349

Filename

4620349