Metropolitan regions worldwide are experiencing rapid urban growth and the planners often
employ prediction models to forecast the future expansion for improving the land …

A rapid increase in the world's population over the last century has triggered the
transformation of the earth surface, especially in urban areas, where more than half of the …

Abstract In the Global South, including the Sub-Saharan African city-regions, the possible
future urban expansion patterns may pose a challenge towards improving environmental …

Urban growth is a spatial and dynamic process that tends to increase the priority of urban
planning for developing cities with a fast growing population and economy. Unplanned and …

The complexity of urban system requires integrated tools and techniques to understand the
spatial process of urban development and project the future scenarios. This research aims to …

Accurate and up-to-date information about urban expansion and changes in urban areas is
needed for urban planning. Besides detecting changes occurred in an area, predicting …

Urbanization is gaining pace worldwide and is the most elemental cause of global land
transformation. This necessitates land use land cover change to be analyzed on various …

Sustainable urban planning requires an understanding of the spatial and temporal patterns
of urbanization with insights to the sprawl. Indian cities have been experiencing a rapid …

Africa's urban population growth has been especially rapid, averaging about 5% per year
over the past two decades. As a result, many urban areas have experienced dramatic …

Drastic growth of urban populations has caused expansion of peri-urban areas—the
transitional zone between a city and its hinterland. Although urbanisation may bring …