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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2016-12-01
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Series: | ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/5/12/235 |