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

3

CA

3

GEOMOD model

1

MC

8

SA

3

Remote sensing(RS) and satellite images

8

No. of models used for each type of factors

2

2

5

3

3

2

2

2

2

3