Global urban land-use trends and climate impacts

KC Seto, JM Shepherd - Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 2009 - Elsevier
In 2008, the global urban population exceeded the nonrural population for the first time in
history, and it is estimated that by 2050, 70% of the world population will live in urban areas …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of land use change and rapid urbanization on urban heat island in Kolkata city: A remote sensing based perspective

U Chatterjee, S Majumdar - Journal of urban Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Kolkata is one of the cities located in the eastern parts of India and experiences rapid urban
growth. Because of the rapid urbanization, land use and land cover are changing very …

Strategic adjustment of land use policy under the economic transformation

Y Liu, J Li, Y Yang - Land use policy, 2018 - Elsevier
China is experiencing a huge change in its social, economic and ecological development. It
has entered a transformational period of the “new normal” of its economy while its gravity …

Understanding spatio-temporal patterns of land use/land cover change under urbanization in Wuhan, China, 2000–2019

H Zhai, C Lv, W Liu, C Yang, D Fan, Z Wang, Q Guan - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Exploring land use structure and dynamics is critical for urban planning and management.
This study attempts to understand the Wuhan development mode since the beginning of the …

Identifying the essential flood conditioning factors for flood prone area mapping using machine learning techniques

MS Tehrany, S Jones, F Shabani - Catena, 2019 - Elsevier
River flooding can be a highly destructive natural hazard. Numerous approaches have been
used to study the phenomenon; however, insufficient knowledge regarding flood …

[HTML][HTML] Shallow landslide susceptibility assessment under future climate and land cover changes: A case study from southwest China

Z Guo, JV Ferrer, M Hürlimann, V Medina… - Geoscience …, 2023 - Elsevier
There is no doubt that land cover and climate changes have consequences on landslide
activity, but it is still an open issue to assess and quantify their impacts. Wanzhou County in …

[HTML][HTML] The varying driving forces of urban expansion in China: Insights from a spatial-temporal analysis

G Li, S Sun, C Fang - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2018 - Elsevier
Identifying the driving mechanisms and forces of urban expansion is an important step
toward better understanding of the spatial pattern, process, and consequences of urban …

Quantifying the contribution of diminishing green spaces and urban sprawl to urban heat island effect in a rapidly urbanizing metropolitan city of Pakistan

S Arshad, SR Ahmad, S Abbas, A Asharf, NA Siddiqui… - Land Use Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Sustainable urban land-use development and management practices are imperative to
ensure the quality of the living environment. Unplanned expansion and densification of the …

A post-classification change detection method based on iterative slow feature analysis and Bayesian soft fusion

C Wu, B Du, X Cui, L Zhang - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Post-classification with multi-temporal remote sensing images is one of the most popular
change detection methods, providing the detailed “from-to” change information in real …

Mapping urbanization dynamics at regional and global scales using multi-temporal DMSP/OLS nighttime light data

Q Zhang, KC Seto - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2011 - Elsevier
Urban areas concentrate people, economic activity, and the built environment. As such,
urbanization is simultaneously a demographic, economic, and land-use change …