The potential of volunteered geographic information to investigate peri-urbanization in the conservation zone of Mexico City

Due to the availability of Web 2.0 technologies, volunteered geographic information (VGI) is on the rise. This new type of data is available on many topics and on different scales. Thus, it has become interesting for research. This article deals with the collective potential of VGI and remote sensin...

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Published in:Environmental monitoring and assessment 2018-04, Vol.190 (4), p.219-17, Article 219
Main Authors: Heider, Katharina, Lopez, Juan Miguel Rodriguez, Scheffran, Jürgen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Conservation
Conservation areas
Detection
Digital mapping
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecological monitoring
Ecology
Ecotoxicology
Environment
Environmental Management
Environmental monitoring
Environmental science
Geographic information systems
Geographical information systems
Information systems
Monitoring/Environmental Analysis
Multiscale analysis
Open systems
Remote sensing
Roads
Rural areas
Rural roads
Satellite navigation systems
Transition zone
Urban sprawl
Urbanization
Web 2.0
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Summary:Due to the availability of Web 2.0 technologies, volunteered geographic information (VGI) is on the rise. This new type of data is available on many topics and on different scales. Thus, it has become interesting for research. This article deals with the collective potential of VGI and remote sensing to detect peri-urbanization in the conservation zone of Mexico City. On the one hand, remote sensing identifies horizontal urban expansion, and on the other hand, VGI of ecological complaints provides data about informal settlements. This enables the combination of top-down approaches (remote sensing) and bottom-up approaches (ecological complaints). Within the analysis, we identify areas of high urbanization as well as complaint densities and bring them together in a multi-scale analysis using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Furthermore, we investigate the influence of settlement patterns and main roads on the peri-urbanization process in Mexico City using OpenStreetMap. Peri-urbanization is detected especially in the transition zone between the urban and rural (conservation) area and near main roads as well as settlements.
ISSN:0167-6369
1573-2959
DOI:10.1007/s10661-018-6597-3