Spatial visualization and future prediction of land use changes in capital regions in Asia and Africa

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26284129
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Human geography
• Research Institution: University of Tsukuba
• Principal Investigator: MURAYAMA Yuji 筑波大学, 生命環境系, 教授 (30182140)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 山下 亜紀郎 筑波大学, 生命環境系, 助教 (60396794)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: GIS / リモートセンシング / アジア / アフリカ / 首都圏 / 都市化 / 空間分析 / 土地利用

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research examined the urban growth trends and patterns of metropolitan regions in Asia and Africa from a geographical perspective. State-of-the- art geospatial tools and techniques from the geographic information systems and science, remote sensing, and machine learning disciplines were used for the land change analysis.
In addition to the empirical results, the methodological approaches employed and discussed in this research showcase the potential of geospatial analysis (e.g., land change modeling) for improving our understanding of the trends and patterns of urban Asia and Africa.Furthermore, given the complexity of the urban growth process across the world, issues raised in this research contributed to the improvement of future geospatial analysis of urban growth in the developing regions.

Free Research Field

人文地理学