IMPACT OF URBAN EVOLUTION ON LAND-USE CHANGE OF SARGODHA CITY, PAKISTAN

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Title:	IMPACT OF URBAN EVOLUTION ON LAND-USE CHANGE OF SARGODHA CITY, PAKISTAN
Authors:	SAJJAD, SAJJAD HUSSAIN HUSSAIN, SADAF SHIRAZI, , SAFDAR ALI Shakrullah, Khadija BATOOL, RABIA SAEED, BASIT
Keywords:	Urbanization land-use change, built-up area, , Sargodha Arc GIS.
Issue Date:	2015
Publisher:	Journals of Science and Technology
Citation:	J. Sc. & Tech. Univ. Peshawar, 2015, 39 (2), 29-36. ,, http://journals.uop.edu.pk/papers/4.(1).pdf
Series/Report no.:	J. Sc. & Tech. Univ. Peshawar, 2015, 39 (2), 29-36.;
Abstract:	Sargodha is the 11th largest city of Pakistan with a population size of 0.7 million. This comparatively small size city is expanding faster. The objective of this work is to the impact of rapid urbanization on land-use change of Sargodha city. For this purpose to check out the extension of the built up area of Sargodha city due to urbanization four satellite images for the years 1980, 1992, 2000 and 2013, Arc GIS software was used for mapping and analysis through land-use classification. The results showed the regular increase in built-up are of the city while vegetation cover and bare land is gradually reducing due to expansion of the city
Description:	http://journals.uop.edu.pk/papers/4.(1).pdf
URI:	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/1143
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