Spatiotemporal analysis of urban growth in three African capital cities: A grid-cell-based analysis using remote sensing data
详细信息 查看全文
- 作者：Hao Hou ; houhao880828@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Ronald C. Estoque estoque.ronald.ga@u.tsukuba.ac.jp" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Yuji Murayama mura@geoenv.tsukuba.ac.jp" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Africa ; Capital cities ; Grid cells ; Land-cover ; Population density ; Remote sensing ; Urbanization
- 刊名：Journal of African Earth Sciences
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：November 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：123
- 期：Complete
- 页码：381-391
- 全文大小：4934 K
文摘
- class="listitem" id="list_ulist0010">
- class="label">•
Urban growth patterns and dynamics of three African capital cities were examined.
- class="label">•
Bamako had the highest annual urban growth rate, followed by Nairobi and Cairo.
- class="label">•
Urban expanded at the expense of bareland was detected in all three cities.
- class="label">•
Urban expansion had a weak correlation with population change in all three cities.