Past and Future Spatial Growth Dynamics of Chihuahua City, Mexico: Pressures for Land Use

In this study, the transitions of land use that occurred in the urban and peripheral areas of Chihuahua City, Mexico, were determined for the period 1989–2014. Landsat TM and OLI scenes, as well as the method of Markov Chains (MC) were used. Grasslands and Shrublands were the land uses that experien...

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Main Authors: Jesús A. Prieto-Amparán, Alfredo Pinedo-Alvarez, Federico Villarreal-Guerrero, Carmelo Pinedo-Alvarez, Carlos Morales-Nieto, Carlos Manjarrez-Domínguez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-12-01
Series:ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/5/12/235