Simulating urban growth driven by transportation networks: A case study of the Istanbul third bridge

Land Use Policy

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 332-340

  Ayazli, Ismail Ercument ^a   Kilic, Fatmagul ^b   Lauf, Steffen ^c   Demir, Hulya ^b   Kleinschmit, Birgit ^c  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cellular automata; Istanbul; LULC change; Network; Third bridge; Transportation; Urban growth

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION; CELLULAR AUTOMATON; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN TRANSPORT; URBANIZATION;

ISTANBUL [ISTANBUL (PRV)]; ISTANBUL [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 84940476919     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.08.016     Document Type: Article

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