A Fuzzy Cellular Automata Urban Growth Model (FCAUGM) for the City of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Part 1: Model Structure and Validation

Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-83

  Al Ahmadi, Khalid ^a   Heppenstall, Alison ^b   Hogg, Jim ^b   See, Linda ^b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cellular automata; Fuzzy logic; Fuzzy set theory; Riyadh; Satellite remote sensing; Saudi Arabia; Sequential remote sensing; Urban growth

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; CELLULAR AUTOMATON; GROWTH MODELING; MODEL VALIDATION; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; RIYADH [SAUDI ARABIA]; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 70349234618     PISSN: 1874463X     EISSN: 18744621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12061-008-9020-6     Document Type: Article

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