Saurabh Singh^1,2, Sudip Pandey^3,*, Ankush Kumar Jain¹

Revue Internationale de Géomatique, Vol.34, pp. 899-914, 2025, DOI:10.32604/rig.2025.071156 - 09 December 2025

Abstract Urban expansion in semi-arid regions poses critical challenges for sustainable land management, ecological resilience, and heritage conservation. Jaipur, India—a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage City located in a semi-arid environment—faces rapid urbanization that threatens agricultural productivity, fragile ecosystems, and cultural assets. This study quantifies past and projects future land use/land cover (LULC) dynamics in Jaipur to support evidence-based planning. Using the Dynamic World dataset, we generated annual 10-m LULC maps from 2016 to 2025 within the municipal boundary. Temporal change detection was conducted through empirical transition probability analysis, and future… More >

Gildas N’tibouti Idakou, Abdel Aziz Osseni, Etienne Romaric Adéwalé Godonou, Gbodja Houéhanou François Gbesso^*

Revue Internationale de Géomatique, Vol.34, pp. 259-275, 2025, DOI:10.32604/rig.2025.064032 - 23 May 2025

Abstract Sustainable urban development nowadays requires the consideration of vegetation, particularly green spaces, for the well-being of the population and the quality of life. It is with this purpose a study was conducted in the city of Kétou, Benin, to analyze the spatio-temporal dynamics of the wooded landscape and its influencing factors, with a view to sustainable urban planning. Using remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems, Landsat TM, ETM, and OLI/TIRS satellite images were processed using the Maximum Likelihood Algorithm in Environment for Visualizing Images (ENVI) 5.0 to assess land use changes from 2003 to 2023.… More >

Jerome Gacu^1,2,3,*, John Angelo Venus¹, Cleo Faith Forio¹, Leo Banay¹, Eljay Soledad¹, Anabeth Famini¹, April Rose Fajiculay¹, Aprille Ann Sim¹, Jason Rufon¹

Revue Internationale de Géomatique, Vol.34, pp. 235-257, 2025, DOI:10.32604/rig.2025.063512 - 25 April 2025

Abstract The rapid urbanization of rural areas often leads to the construction of medium to high-rise buildings without adequate knowledge of ground suitability, posing significant risks to structural safety and long-term development. This study addresses this critical issue by developing a Comprehensive Ground Suitability Index (CGSI) framework tailored for rural municipalities. Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), the CGSI integrates geophysical, geo-environmental, and geohazard parameters to systematically evaluate land suitability for construction. Data were collected from government agencies, previous studies, and field surveys focusing on the Municipality of Odiongan, Romblon. Parameters… More >

Shahab Ul Islam¹, Saifullah Jan², Abdul Waheed^3,4,*, Gulzar Mehmood⁵, Mahdi Zareei⁶, Faisal Alanazi⁷

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.70, No.2, pp. 4123-4145, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.019226 - 27 September 2021

Abstract Spatial and temporal information on urban infrastructure is essential and requires various land-cover/land-use planning and management applications. Besides, a change in infrastructure has a direct impact on other land-cover and climatic conditions. This study assessed changes in the rate and spatial distribution of Peshawar district’s infrastructure and its effects on Land Surface Temperature (LST) during the years 1996 and 2019. For this purpose, firstly, satellite images of bands7 and 8 ETM+(Enhanced Thematic Mapper) plus and OLI (Operational Land Imager) of 30 m resolution were taken. Secondly, for classification and image processing, remote sensing (RS) applications… More >

Doudou Liu^1,*, Liang Qiao^2,3, Feng Zhang⁴, Xueliang Yuan²

Energy Engineering, Vol.118, No.5, pp. 1395-1409, 2021, DOI:10.32604/EE.2021.014697 - 16 July 2021

Abstract The rapid development of urbanization has led to a rapid increase in total energy consumption. The proportion of domestic energy consumption to total energy consumption has gradually increased and has become the major driving force for energy consumption. With the pressure from urbanization and domestic energy consumption, it is necessary to study the impact of urbanization on domestic energy consumption of the regional level and to explore the function paths of these two factors. The findings are helpful to realize sustainable development based on the actual situation analysis, horizontal survey data and statistical yearbook panel… More >

Wenzheng Yu^1,*, Jing Liu¹, Mengyue Zhu², Youzhi Yuan²

Journal of Quantum Computing, Vol.2, No.3, pp. 129-135, 2020, DOI:10.32604/jqc.2020.09222 - 31 December 2020

Abstract The urbanization rate of Nanjing has increased in the past 55 years. Its development process can be roughly divided into the reverse urbanization phase, the stagnant development phase, the recovery development phase, the steady development phase, and the accelerated development phase. The area of cultivated land has a decreasing trend at each stage. In 1971 and beyond, urbanization development had a significant negative effect on the area of cultivated land, and the coordination between the two was not high and there was a downward trend. More >