Spatiotemporal Analysis of Urban Growth Using GIS and Remote Sensing: A Case Study of the Colombo Metropolitan Area, Sri Lanka

Understanding urban growth spatiotemporally is important for landscape and urban development planning. In this study, we examined the spatiotemporal pattern of urban growth of the Colombo Metropolitan Area (CMA)—Sri Lanka’s only metropolitan area—from 1992 to 2014 using remote sensing data and GIS t...

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Main Authors: Shyamantha Subasinghe, Ronald C. Estoque, Yuji Murayama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-10-01
Series:ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/5/11/197