Urbanization is one of the most impactful human activities across the world today affecting
the quality of urban life and its sustainable development. Urbanization in Africa is occurring …

This study questions the frequent overemphasis on population growth aspects of African
urbanization with little consideration of the spatial extent by analyzing the influence of …

Since 2018's presidential declaration of Dodoma to be one among cities in Tanzania,
remarkable changes on land use/land cover (LULC) have been experienced over the area …

Accurate measurement of urban sprawl is vital for urban planning and management. Urban
planning-induced internal structure complexity affects the extent of urban sprawl. In addition …

Fundamental ideas concerning urbanization are primarily based on studies performed in
large cities. It is of interest to study whether or not similar phenomena take place in smaller …

With rapid urban expansion across Tanzania, there is a need to institute steps to address
factors and forms as well as impacts and challenges associated with the observed trend …

Cultural landscape heritage refers to the rare and irreplaceable cultural landscapes
recognized by UNESCO and the World Heritage Committee. It is recognized as a “common …

Crowdsourced spatial analytics is a rapidly developing field that involves collecting and
analyzing geographical data, utilizing the collective power of human observation. This paper …

According to statistics, the global, population aging problem is severe and growing rapidly.
The aging problem is most obvious in some European countries, and most of them are …

Spatio-temporal characterization of urban expansion is the first step towards understanding
how cities grow in space. We summarize two approaches used in urban expansion …