Developing the desert: The pace and process of urban growth in Dubai

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 45, Issue , 2014, Pages 50-62

  Nassar, Ahmed K ^a   Alan Blackburn, G ^a   Duncan Whyatt, J ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dubai; Landscape metrics; Remote sensing; Spatial evolution; Urban expansion; Urban growth pattern

Indexed keywords

POPULATION STATISTICS; REMOTE SENSING;

DUBAI; LANDSCAPE METRICS; SPATIAL EVOLUTION; URBAN EXPANSION; URBAN GROWTH PATTERNS;

URBAN GROWTH;

LANDSCAPE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBANIZATION;

DUBAI [DUBAI (ADS)]; DUBAI [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84896453083     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2014.02.005     Document Type: Article

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