An integrated GIS and remote sensing approach for monitoring urban growth pattern in Pathumthani, Thailand | |
| Author | Arthit Limpiyakorn |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.RS-06-28 |
| Subject(s) | Remote sensing Thailand Pathum Thani Geographic information systems Thailand Pathum Thani Cities and towns, Thailand, Pathum Thani, Growth |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Abstract Bangkok is the capital and the center of the development. It found that an agricultural area in the outskirts of Bangkok has been invaded. Pathumthani is a province to be affected by those changes. Since 1987, the agricultural area changed from 88.83% to 58.20% by 2001 (Office of Economic and Agriculture). The impacts of the landscape change on the environment due to urbanization arc significant. This research aimed, to understand the relationship between urban growth and physical factors, to determine sites for future urban expansion, and to suggest the policy guidelines to maintain sustainable balance between agriculture and non agriculture. sectors. Five satellite images (1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, and 2005) were used to analyze the growth. 'three factors here were Chosen from [ill,; literature review (road, existing built-up area, and population density). The suitable area for urban growth was analyzed by GIS. To score rank of each factor was assign according to the past together with the proximity analysis. The analytic hierarchy process (Al-IP) was used to assign the weight for factors. At last, the expert opinions were used to assign the scales for pair wise comparisons. There arc three reasons that affect the urban growth road. First is road linkage. Built-up area grow along road that link important nodes. Second is the government policy. Policy assigns the role for each city or province. Third is the year of road construction. The existing built-up area yields more influences on the urban growth especially between Om and 100m because of the need of basic infrastructure. Further more, the result showed that the built-up area will expand into the north of Bang Kadi sub-district and the cast of Prachathipat and Khu Khot sub-district. A model base on the analysis of Pathumthani in GIS was useful to develop a future landuse plan for 2011. The problem of Thailand landuse planning is release the landuse policy after the land was converted. The result from the model can help to release plan before it is too late |
| Year | 2006 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Information and Communications Technologies (DICT) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Remote Sensing (RS) |
| Chairperson(s) | Tripathi, Nitin Kumar ; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Perera, Ranjith;Tipdecho, Taravudh ; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2006 |