Types of data
Simulating And predicting models | Urban spatial expansion | Transportation infrastructure | Value of the urban expansion pattern (Elevation, slope, soil texture, population density, distance to (road, highways, railways, power lines, streams, distance to water, distance to airport, industrial, residential, commercial, educational areas) | Probability of: (organic growth—spontaneous growth—new spreading center) | Intersection between the buffer zone and patches or between the buffer zone and vacant areas | Radiometric pre-elaboration. | Geometric pre-elaboration | City boundary analysis. | Quarry and dump analysis | Land use and land cover change | No. of factors used f or each model |
GIS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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CA |
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GEOMOD model |
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MC |
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| ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 8 |
SA |
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Remote sensing(RS) and satellite images | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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No. of models used for each type of factors | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
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