Classification of Cities Based on Land Use Land Cover Heterogeneity: A Case Study of Bangladesh.
Category:- Journal; Year:- 2021
Discipline:- Urban and Rural Planning Discipline
School:- Science, Engineering & Technology School
Abstract
Urbanization is a complex phenomenon involving significant
compositions and interactions in land use. Today not only identification but
also the quantification of spatial patterns in the urban landscape is gaining
its importance. Detailed information regarding urban land use characteristics
has become imperative for urban planning and management. Where land use and its
diversity play an essential part in determining how a city developed and
distributed with heterogeneity landscapes. This study examines 12 city
corporations of Bangladesh through land use land cover classification and then
landscape metrics were used to quantify the shapes and patterns of each city.
Eight different metrics at landscape levels were calculated to see the shape,
landscape, and distribution of land use patches, resulting from landscape
metrics to determine the cities heterogeneity. Then cities were classified
using a two-step clustering algorithm into four clusters that are named for
their levels of landscape formation, which indicate simple, complex, or
fragmented city forms. This method investigates cities land-use patterns that
facilitate the optimization of landuse and the allocation of land resources.
The research sheds light on understanding landuse patterns configuration in the
context of urbanization towards better planning. Keywords: City classification,
Cluster Analysis, Remote sensing, Land use Quantification, Landscape metrics.