Quantifying the environmental impacts of urban expansion in Srinagar City, Jammu & Kashmir, India through remote sensing and geostatistical analysis

Spatiotemporal analysis of urban expansion and environmental impacts in five Saudi Arabian cities by utilizing geospatial and remote sensing approach

Rapid urbanization in Saudi Arabia has fundamentally reshaped metropolitan landscapes, creating unprecedented challenges for environmental sustainability in arid regions. This study presents a spatiotemporal analysis of urban expansion patterns and associated environmental impacts across five major Saudi cities (Riyadh...

Urban Expansion as a Driver of Forest Loss: Geospatial Evidence from Asaba Metropolis, Delta State, Nigeria (1991-2021)

Urban expansion is increasingly recognised as a primary driver of forest loss across sub-Saharan Africa, with far-reaching consequences for biodiversity, climate regulation, carbon sequestration, and human well-being. This paper examines urban expansion as a major cause of forest loss in Asaba metropolis, Delta State,...

Assessing the influence of land use/land cover on regional meteorology over the tropical inland urban city of Hyderabad, India

Assessing urban growth and its impact on groundwater potential zones in Guwahati City, Assam, India: a GIS-based approach

Modeling and Predicting Urban Expansion with Its Impact on Land Surface Temperature Using Remote Sensing and Random Forest in Al-Zubair District Center, Iraq

Urban expansion is a dynamic process of increasing the geographical area of cities, districts and constitutes a significant focus in modern studies, as urban lifestyles have become increasingly prevalent worldwide. There is a flaw in the temporal and spatial distribution of urban expansion trends that requires a compre...

Urbanization-driven thermal changes: a remote sensing approach to land surface temperature (LST) and land use land cover (LULC) dynamics in Guwahati, Assam, India