A GIS toolset for automated partitioning of urban lands

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 222-234

  Dahal, Khila Raj ^a   Chow, T Edwin ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arc toolset; ArcPy site package; Geographic Information System (GIS); Parcel subdivision; Urban growth modeling; Urban layouts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894378072     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.01.024     Document Type: Article

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