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Title: | An assessment of the impact of urbanization and land use changes in the fast-growing cities of Saudi Arabia | Contributor(s): | Alqurashi, Abdullah F (author); Kumar, Lalit (author) | Publication Date: | 2019 | Early Online Version: | 2017-08-31 | DOI: | 10.1080/10106049.2017.1367423 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/26547 | Abstract: | Understanding rates, patterns and types of land use and land cover (LULC) changes are essential for various decision-making processes. This study quantified LULC changes and the effect of urban expansion in three Saudi Arabian cities: Riyadh, Jeddah and Makkah using Landsat images of 1985, 2000 and 2014. Seasonal change of vegetation cover was conducted using normalised difference vegetation index, and object-based image analysis was used to classify the LULC changes. The overall accuracies of the classified maps ranged from 84 to 95%, which indicated sufficiently robust results. Urban area was the most changed land cover, and most of the converted land to urban was from bare soil. The seasonal analysis showed that the change of vegetation cover was not constant due to climatic conditions in these areas. The agricultural lands were significantly decreased between 1985 and 2014, and most of these lands were changed to bare soil due to dwindling groundwater resources. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Geocarto International, 34(1), p. 78-97 | Publisher: | Taylor & Francis | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 1752-0762 1010-6049 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 090702 Environmental Engineering Modelling 090903 Geospatial Information Systems 090905 Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 401304 Photogrammetry and remote sensing 401302 Geospatial information systems and geospatial data modelling 401102 Environmentally sustainable engineering |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 960610 Urban Land Evaluation 960911 Urban and Industrial Land Management 960708 Urban Land Policy |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 190207 Land policy 180603 Evaluation, allocation, and impacts of land use |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Environmental and Rural Science |
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