Sustainable Urban Forestry Potential Based Quantitative And Qualitative Measurement Using Geospatial Technique

In order to maintain the stability of natural ecosystems around urban areas, urban forestry will be the best initiative to maintain and control green space in our country. Integration between remote sensing (RS) and geospatial information system (GIS) serves as an effective tool for monitoring envir...

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Published in:IOP conference series. Earth and environmental science 2014-01, Vol.18 (1), p.12021-6
Main Authors: Rosli, A Z, Reba, M N M, Roslan, N, Room, M H M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Decision making
Digital Elevation Models
Environmental changes
Environmental monitoring
Forest ecosystems
Forestry
Geographic information systems
Hydrologic data
Hydrology
Image enhancement
Integration
Landscaping
Multiple criterion
Natural resources
Priorities
Ranking
Remote sensing
Satellite imagery
Satellites
Soil properties
Soil texture
Soils
Surface layer
Sustainable forestry
Texture
Urban areas
Urban forestry
Urbanization
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Summary:In order to maintain the stability of natural ecosystems around urban areas, urban forestry will be the best initiative to maintain and control green space in our country. Integration between remote sensing (RS) and geospatial information system (GIS) serves as an effective tool for monitoring environmental changes and planning, managing and developing a sustainable urbanization. This paper aims to assess capability of the integration of RS and GIS to provide information for urban forest potential sites based on qualitative and quantitative by using priority parameter ranking in the new township of Nusajaya. SPOT image was used to provide high spatial accuracy while map of topography, landuse, soils group, hydrology, Digital Elevation Model (DEM) and soil series data were applied to enhance the satellite image in detecting and locating present attributes and features on the ground. Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) technique provides structural and pair wise quantification and comparison elements and criteria for priority ranking for urban forestry purpose. Slope, soil texture, drainage, spatial area, availability of natural resource, and vicinity of urban area are criteria considered in this study. This study highlighted the priority ranking MCDM is cost effective tool for decision-making in urban forestry planning and landscaping.
ISSN:1755-1315
1755-1307
1755-1315
DOI:10.1088/1755-1315/18/1/012021