Monitoring urban growth: urbanization of the fringe areas of Accra
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Monitoring urban growth : urbanization of the fringe areas of Accra. / Møller-Jensen, Lasse; Kofie, Richard; Yankson, Paul.
In: Bulletin of the Ghana Geographical Association, Vol. 24, 2007, p. 1-12.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Monitoring urban growth
T2 - urbanization of the fringe areas of Accra
AU - Møller-Jensen, Lasse
AU - Kofie, Richard
AU - Yankson, Paul
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - The extent of the urbanized areas of Accra is assessed from Landsat-TM satellite images for the year 2002 and compared to similar information for the years 1985 and 1991. A texture-based classification method is applied. The results show that the urbanization of the fringe areas of Accra is occurring at a pace that has increased from 10 km2 per year for the period 1985-1991 to 25 km2 per year for the period 1991-2002. This development is subsequently discussed with focus on the unplanned and haphazard nature of the growth and the corresponding absence of adequate infrastructure and service provision.
AB - The extent of the urbanized areas of Accra is assessed from Landsat-TM satellite images for the year 2002 and compared to similar information for the years 1985 and 1991. A texture-based classification method is applied. The results show that the urbanization of the fringe areas of Accra is occurring at a pace that has increased from 10 km2 per year for the period 1985-1991 to 25 km2 per year for the period 1991-2002. This development is subsequently discussed with focus on the unplanned and haphazard nature of the growth and the corresponding absence of adequate infrastructure and service provision.
KW - Faculty of Science
KW - GIS
KW - urban planning
KW - texture
KW - urban growth
KW - remote sensing
M3 - Journal article
VL - 24
SP - 1
EP - 12
JO - Bulletin of the Ghana Geographical Association
JF - Bulletin of the Ghana Geographical Association
ER -
ID: 1596778