Urbanization is one of the most impactful human activities across the world today affecting
the quality of urban life and its sustainable development. Urbanization in Africa is occurring …

Abstract Introduction Kuala Lumpur is currently experiencing a large-scale urban
transformation. This study explores a multi-buffer ring method to investigate the spatial and …

Urbanisation is a phenomenon that is of major concern in both developing and developed
countries. Uncontrolled urbanisation leads to formal and informal settlements …

In response to the rapid urban sprawling due to the fast rate of urbanization, there is an
increasing need for focused research with a view to develop remediation strategies and …

The rapid urban growth in mid-sized cities of developing nations has induced conflict
between development and the environment, often leading to urban sprawl. However, studies …

The measuring of urban sprawl is a challenging task, as it does not have a clear universal
method. Therefore, it is worthwhile to investigate whether results differ with the methods …

Cities are complex and dynamic entities in close proximity of people, implying multi temporal
observations to analyse and understand the urban context. At present, open-source data …

Rapid urbanization and urban growth, particularly in the developing worlds, is continuing to
be one of the crucial issues of global change in the 21st century affecting the physical …

Understanding urban growth spatiotemporally is important for landscape and urban
development planning. In this study, we examined the spatiotemporal pattern of urban …

This study intends to explore the spatial analytical methods to identify both general trends
and more subtle patterns of urban land changes. Landsat imagery of metropolitan Kansas …