Spatial Patterns of Urban Expansion in Kuwait City Between 1989 and 2001

 
 
 
 

Spatial Patterns of Urban Expansion in Kuwait City Between 1989 and 2001

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Title: Spatial Patterns of Urban Expansion in Kuwait City Between 1989 and 2001
Author: Algharib, Saad M.
Description: Urbanization is a complex phenomenon that occurs during the city’s development from one form to another. In other words, it is the process when the activities in the land use/land cover change from rural into urban. Since the oil exploration, Kuwait City has been growing rapidly due to its urbanization and population growth by both natural growth and inward immigration. Recently, the use of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems became very useful and important tools in urban studies because of the integration of them can allow and provide the analysts and planners to detect, monitor and analyze the urban growth in a region effectively. Moreover, both planners and users can predict the trends of the growth in urban areas in the future with remotely sensed and GIS data because they can be effectively updated with required precision levels. The main purpose of this study is to detect and evaluate the changes in the land use/land cover of Kuwait City area due to the urbanization process between 1989 and 2001. Furthermore, this study assesses if the spatial patterns and process of these changes take place in a random fashion or with certain identifiable trends. During the study period, the result of this study indicates that the urban growth has occurred and expanded 10% from 32.4% in 1989 to42.4% in 2001. Also, the results revealed that the largest increased of the urban area was occurred between the major highways after the forth ring road from the center of Kuwait City. Moreover, the spatial distribution of urban growth occurred in cluster manners.
Permanent Link: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1216982582
http://hdl.handle.net/2374.OX/107992
Date: 2008

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