Manifestation of Remote Sensing Data in Modeling Urban Sprawl Using the SLEUTH Model and Brute Force Calibration: A Case Study of Sana'a City, Yemen

Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 405-416

  Al shalabi, Mohamed ^a   Pradhan, Biswajeet ^b   Billa, Lawal ^c   Mansor, Shattri ^b   Althuwaynee, Omar F ^b  

^a SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Brute force calibration; GIS; Remote sensing; Sana'a; SLEUTH model; Urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; GIS; REMOTE SENSING; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POLICY;

AMANAH AL ASMAH; SANAA; YEMEN;

EID: 84878802286     PISSN: 0255660X     EISSN: 09743006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12524-012-0215-6     Document Type: Article

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