Abstract1 SLEUTH is a cellular automata (CA) model that has been successfully applied
worldwide over the last 15 years to simulate land use change. The objective of this paper is …

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 …

Indian cities are expanding at an unprecedented rate. The speed of development poses a
challenge for urban planners, as the expansion of cities frequently outpaces the planning …

Accelerating urban growth and land use/cover changes places increasingly pressure on the
natural environment and human welfare and have become a global concern. Iran, as a …

Rapid land use and land-cover changes strongly affect water resources. Particularly in
regions that experience seasonal water scarcity, land use scenario assessments provide a …

Abstract Representations of land use change in hydrologic impact assessment studies
mostly rely on static land use information of two points in time, even though the availability of …

Land suitability is one of the important variables influencing urbanization and needs to be
considered in urban growth simulation and modeling. The present study is aimed to …

The Indian city of Pune witnessed rapid growth and deep transformation processes in the
last three decades. This paper assesses past developments and recent structures and …

For more than a decade, the European Union recognizes soil as a common good and
considers it as a finite resource of inestimable value. The European Union defines it as the …

The rapid growth of India's urban population is one of the key processes affecting economic
and urban development in Asia (Kundu, 2011). Studies of India's urban transition often …