The implementation of the Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei coordinated development strategy has
seriously increased the influence of land use and urban traffic. Thus, understanding the …

Research on the influence of accessibility on land use and landscape patterns is one of the
most important subfields in landscape ecology and transportation geography. In this review …

This paper presents a general framework for modeling the growth of three important
variables for cities: population distribution, binary urban footprint, and urban footprint in …

In an era of dynamic urbanization, especially in densely populated regions such as the
Greater Istanbul Metropolitan Area, land degradation (LD) is a widespread and multifaceted …

We observe diverse urban development trends in European cities, with processes such as
population aging, growth, shrinkage, and reurbanization having unclear consequences on …

The present study uses the standalone Cellular Automata (CA) model to predict the
transportation network-derived future urban growth patterns of a rapidly expanding peri …

Increasing population caused by migration from rural to urban leads the cities, whose
ownership is primarily public, to spread over forest areas and agricultural lands in their …

Urban land change and transportation infrastructure development often interact and
collectively lead to significant socioeconomic and biophysical impacts. Here, we performed …

Urban Population growth coupled with human activities are the main drivers inducing land
use and land cover changes (LU/LCC), which impact earth's landscapes dynamics. In the …

This study explored the environmental impact of the large-scale projects, the 3rd Bridge
across the Bosphorus and 3rd Airport, carried out in the last decade leading to the massive …