Analyzing land cover change and urban growth trajectories of the mega-urban region of Dhaka using remotely sensed data and an ensemble classifier

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Hassan, Mohammad Mehedy ^a   Southworth, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ensemble classifier; Greater Dhaka; Land cover change; Random forest; Remote sensing; Urban growth

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ALGORITHM; EMPLOYMENT; GROWTH RATE; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT; MACHINE LEARNING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN SPRAWL;

BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH];

EID: 85038867706     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su10010010     Document Type: Article

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