Open AccessLAND COVER CHANGE DETECTION ANALYSIS ON URBAN GREEN AREA LOSS USING GIS AND REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES
Author(s) -
Noorzailawati Mohd Noor,
Alias Abdullah,
Mohd Nasrul Hanis Manzahani
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
planning malaysia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.232
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 1675-6215
pISSN - 0128-0945
DOI - 10.21837/pmjournal.v11.i3.111
Subject(s) - urban sprawl , kuala lumpur , geography , land cover , land use , remote sensing , urban area , green infrastructure , cartography , environmental planning , civil engineering , business , ecology , engineering , marketing , biology
The loss of green area has been rising all over the world particularly in big cities. For a number of decades, urban sprawl and developments have changed the natural landscapes of urban areas where areas with green areas have been converted into built up developments and other land uses. Thus this research intends to study the changes of green areas in Kuala Lumpur based on land use detection analysis approach where 3 series of remote sensing images namely SPOT2, SPOT4 and IKONOS for year 1990, 2001 and 2010 have been used to acquire the data on the green area changes aided by ERDAS IMAGINE 2011 and ARGIS 9.2. The finding of the study shows that there is a decrease in the size of green area in Kuala Lumpur from year 1990-2010 due to pressure of urban developments. Two significant factors which contribute to the changes of green area in Kuala Lumpur have been identified in the study, which are the increase in built up areas and sprawl development pattern.