Modelling spatial patterns of urban growth in Africa

Applied Geography

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 23-32

  Linard, Catherine ^a,b   Tatem, Andrew J ^c,d   Gilbert, Marius ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b FNRS   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Boosted regression trees; Modelling; Spatial pattern; Urban growth

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; NEIGHBORHOOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH;

AFRICA;

EID: 84881249149     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.07.009     Document Type: Article

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