This paper is based on reviewing the literature in the past 10 years on the drivers of land use
and land cover change (LULCC) in urban areas. It combines quantitative and qualitative …

Spatio-temporal land-use change modeling, simulation, and prediction have become one of
the critical issues in the last three decades due to uncertainty, structure, flexibility, accuracy …

Urban land-use change is affected by urban planning and government decision-making.
Previous urban simulation methods focused only on planning constraints that prevent urban …

This research paper analyzed urban spatial pattern and trend of urban growth in Kolkata
urban agglomeration, India using urban sprawl matrix during 1990–2000 & 2000–2015 …

As a response to the challenge of rapid pace of urbanization and lack of reliable data for
environmental and urban planning, especially in the developing countries, this paper …

Background Soil erosion is one of the major threats in the Ethiopian highlands. In this study,
soil erosion in the Muga watershed of the Upper Blue Nile Basin (Abay) under historical and …

Based on the Web of Science core collection database, this paper retrieves 1273 research
papers on urban expansion published during the period of 1990–2019. Thematic …

Urban expansion has caused major changes in land use and urban growth patterns in
metropolitan areas. While urban growth in these areas is a well-known phenomenon, the …

Owing to fast-paced economic growth since 1978, China has experienced a massive urban
sprawl during the rapid process of urbanization over the past decades. Using regression …

This novel study explores the driving forces and dynamics of rapid urbanization, highlighting
the main causes and effects of urban explosion, environmental disruption, and city pattern …