Urban growth and transportation indicators for sub-urban area
Other Title(s)
النمو الحضري و مؤشرات النقل للمنطقة الممثلة حضريا
Joint Authors
Abd al-Sattar, Zaynab Ahmad
Hamid, Ali Husayn
Source
Journal of Engineering and Development
Issue
Vol. 19, Issue 5 (31 Jul. 2015), pp.28-43, 16 p.
Publisher
al-Mustansyriah University College of Engineering
Publication Date
2015-07-31
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
16
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Transportation considered one of the main factors of urban growth.
Quantify and analyze the spatial-temporal relationship between urban growth and transportation for Baqubah using Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographic Information System (GIS) approaches.
Six urban growth and transportation indices are developed to analyze spatial-temporal urban growth and transportation changes and their relationship: 1) annual urban spatial expansion index, 2) land use change index, 3) population density index, 4) transportation infrastructure expansion index, 5) road density index, 6) road area density index.
The results show that Baqubah has experienced a rapid population growth, a large spatial expansion, rapidly changing land use and expanding transportation infrastructure during the past five decades (1959-2014).
The expansion in infrastructure has not been able to accommodate increases in travel demand, hence causing high levels of congestion.
The population growth was accompanied by a population density increase from 80 p/ha for urban land in 1957 to 112.9 p/ha in 2014.Also, a gap between the transportation infrastructure expansion and residential area growth.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Abd al-Sattar, Zaynab Ahmad& Hamid, Ali Husayn. 2015. Urban growth and transportation indicators for sub-urban area. Journal of Engineering and Development،Vol. 19, no. 5, pp.28-43.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-830280
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Abd al-Sattar, Zaynab Ahmad& Hamid, Ali Husayn. Urban growth and transportation indicators for sub-urban area. Journal of Engineering and Development Vol. 19, no. 5 (Jul. 2015), pp.28-43.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-830280
American Medical Association (AMA)
Abd al-Sattar, Zaynab Ahmad& Hamid, Ali Husayn. Urban growth and transportation indicators for sub-urban area. Journal of Engineering and Development. 2015. Vol. 19, no. 5, pp.28-43.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-830280
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Record ID
BIM-830280