What Does Unsustainable Urban Sprawl Bring? Spatial Patterns Analysis of Built Environment in Cluj Metropolitan Area

Urban sprawl and population growth are the main triggers of land use reconversion around big cities. Due to the expansion of metropolitan areas, many land use categories (grasslands, arable lands, forests, pastures) have been transformed in living spaces. Determining the built-up area growth rate fr...

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Published in:Journal of Settlements and Spatial Planning 2019-01, Vol.10 (2), p.121-130
Main Authors: MAN, Titus-Cristian, BÎRSĂNUC, Elena-Manuela, PETREA, Dănuţ
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accuracy
Agricultural land
Arable land
Built environment
Construction
Correlation analysis
Demographics
Demography
Dwellings
Expansion
Grasslands
Growth rate
Land use
Landsat
Landsat satellites
Meadows
Metropolitan areas
Pasture
Population growth
Remote sensing
Satellite imagery
Spatial analysis
Sustainable development
Trends
Urban areas
Urban development
Urban environments
Urban sprawl
Urbanization
Vegetation
Vegetation index
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Summary:Urban sprawl and population growth are the main triggers of land use reconversion around big cities. Due to the expansion of metropolitan areas, many land use categories (grasslands, arable lands, forests, pastures) have been transformed in living spaces. Determining the built-up area growth rate from satellite images, in correlation with demographics and dwellings data, leads to a better comprehension of sustainable urban development and the negative effects of chaotic urbanization. This study analyses the built-up area expansion growth rate in Cluj Metropolitan Area in 1991-2017 using the normalized difference built-up index and soil-adjusted vegetation index applied on Landsat imagery. Results highlight different spatial patterns within the studied area, based on the correlation between the growth rates of built-up area expansion and demographic data. The land use types most impacted by the urban s prawl are meadows and arable lands near the metropolitan centre and grassland in areas located at the periphery of the metropolitan area.
ISSN:2069-3419
2248-2199
DOI:10.24193/JSSP.2019.2.05