Land Use/Cover Change Detection and Urban Sprawl Analysis in Bandar Abbas City, Iran

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...

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Main Authors: Mohsen Dadras, Helmi Zulhaidi Mohd Shafri, Noordin Ahmad, Biswajeet Pradhan, Sahabeh Safarpour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-01-01
Series:The Scientific World Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/690872
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