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2016 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report

コロンボ市の機能的・形態的ダイナミックス:都市リモートセンシング・アプローチ

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15J00611
Research InstitutionUniversity of Tsukuba

Principal Investigator

SUBASINGHE SHYAMANTHA  筑波大学, 生命環境科学研究科, 特別研究員(DC2)

Project Period (FY) 2015-04-24 – 2017-03-31
KeywordsGIS / Remote Sensing / Urbanization / Spatial analysis / Geography / Colombo / City / Urban growth
Outline of Annual Research Achievements

This research investigated the spatiotemporal dynamics of urban process since the 1990s and future potential urban development. Remote sensing and GIS, land-change intensity analysis, MSPA, fieldwork techniques, and land-change modeling were applied mainly in order to characterize the urban process and predict the future urban development potentials.Results indicated that the urban land in the CMA has increased over the last two decades (1992-2014) with a higher area dominance of sparse growth. The ULU change prediction results revealed that the ULU would increase into 53,510 ha in 2030. The major transport corridors and the growth nodes will have a great influence in the future spatial patterns of urban growth, and the urban lands will be dense due to infill development. Prediction results further indicated that there are some limitations in introduced urban planning scenarios of the government’s master plan due to its less consideration regarding the spatial pattern of future urban growth pattern. Thus, the consideration of the results of this research will be important in forming future urban planning scenarios.
This empirical study not only has identified past, present and potential future urban process, but also introduced new methods and techniques that can be applied to detect the urban process in a data-sparse urban environment, which is advantageous for developing countries.

Research Progress Status

28年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。

Strategy for Future Research Activity

28年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。

  • Research Products

    (7 results)

All 2017 2016

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Open Access: 2 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 2 results) Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results)

  • [Journal Article] Urban growth evaluation: A new approach using neighborhood characteristics of remotely sensed land use data2017

    • Author(s)
      Subasinghe S, Murayama Y
    • Journal Title

      Advances in Geographic Information Science

      Volume: in press Pages: in press

    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Spatiotemporal analysis of urban growth using GIS and remote sensing: A case study of the Colombo metropolitan area, Sri Lanka2016

    • Author(s)
      Subasinghe S, Estoque RC, Murayama Y
    • Journal Title

      ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

      Volume: 5-11 Pages: 1-19

    • DOI

      10.3390/ijgi5110197

    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] Urban process and future development of Colombo metropolitan area, Sri Lanka: An application of geospatial techniques2017

    • Author(s)
      Subasinghe S
    • Organizer
      Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers
    • Place of Presentation
      University of Tsukuba,Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2017-03-28 – 2017-03-30
  • [Presentation] Quantifying spatiotemporal pattern of urbanization: A case study of the Colombo metropolitan area2016

    • Author(s)
      Subasinghe S, Murayama Y
    • Organizer
      1st Symposium of GIS association of Japan
    • Place of Presentation
      Risho University, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2016-10-15 – 2016-10-16
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The spatiotemporal pattern of urban expansion in the Colombo metropolitan area2016

    • Author(s)
      Subasinghe S, Murayama Y
    • Organizer
      33rd International Geographical Congres
    • Place of Presentation
      Beijin, China
    • Year and Date
      2016-08-21 – 2016-08-25
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Urban growth evaluation: A new approach using neighborhood characteristics of remotely sensed land use data2016

    • Author(s)
      Subasinghe S, Murayama Y
    • Organizer
      17th International Symposium on Spatial Data Handeling
    • Place of Presentation
      Beijin, China
    • Year and Date
      2016-08-18 – 2016-08-20
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Spatiotemporal pattern of urban growth in the Colombo metropolitan area2016

    • Author(s)
      Subasinghe S, Murayama Y
    • Organizer
      Japan Geoscience Union Meeting
    • Place of Presentation
      Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2016-05-22 – 2016-05-25
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2018-01-16  

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