Calibration of the SLEUTH model based on the historic growth of Houston

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1843-1853

  Hakan, O ^a   Klein, A G ^b   Srinivasan, R ^b  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Houston CMSA; Remote sensing; SLEUTH modeling; Urban growth

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; POPULATION STATISTICS; REMOTE SENSING; URBAN PLANNING; ZONING;

CALIBRATION PERIODS; HOUSTON; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; RAPID POPULATION GROWTH; SLEUTH MODELS; URBAN EXPANSION; URBAN GROWTH MODELING; US METROPOLITAN AREAS;

URBAN GROWTH;

EID: 34848912855     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2007.1843.1853     Document Type: Article

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