Monitoring and predicting land use change in Tripoli Metropolitan City using an integrated Markov chain and cellular automata models in GIS
The rapid development of cities in developing countries results in deteriorating of agricultural lands. The majority of these agricultural lands are converted to urban areas, which affects the ecosystems. In this research, an integrated model of Markov chain and cellular automata models was applied...
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Springer Verlag
2014
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Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34594/ http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12517-013-1119-7 |
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