Expansion of Impervious Surfaces and Their Driving Forces in Highly Urbanized Cities in Kyrgyzstan

Expansion of Impervious Surfaces and Their Driving Forces in Highly Urbanized Cities in Kyrgyzstan

The expansion of urban areas due to population increase and economic expansion creates demand and depletes natural resources, thereby causing land use changes in the main cities. This study focuses on land cover datasets to characterize impervious surface (urban area) expansion in select cities from...

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Main Authors: Gulkaiyr Omurakunova, Anming Bao, Wenqiang Xu, Eldiiar Duulatov, Liangliang Jiang, Peng Cai, Farkhod Abdullaev, Vincent Nzabarinda, Khaydar Durdiev, Makhabat Baiseitova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-01-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Subjects:
impervious surfaces
urban
driving factors
supervised classification
landscape expansion index
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/1/362

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