| Author | Hussain, Mubushar |
| Call Number | AIT RSPR no. NR-95-03 |
| Subject(s) | Land use, Urban--Pakistan--Lahore
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| Note | A research study submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of
Science, School of Environment, Resources & Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Research studies project report ; no. NR-95-03 |
| Abstract | The assessment of land use pattern and urban fringe dynamics is very much important and
inevitable for planning and monitoring the urban environment, particularly for a metropolis like
Lahore. The study is aimed to investigate land use and spatial growth of Lahore Metropolitan with
an attempt to explore the application of two emerging technologies of Remote Sensing and
Geographic Information System (GIS) for these purposes. SPOT satellite data of 06 May 1986
and 23 Oct 1994 in the form of photo images are used, and an indepth interpretation and analysis
of these images is performed by visual approach. A GIS model prepared to store, manipulate,
analyze, and presentation of useful information; using satellite data, exogenous data and field
surveys (ground truthing) as the input. As such, Pakistan has not entered in the epoch of the use
of Remote Sensing and GIS for urban environmental planning and management. The study
identified the synergism of SPOT (Pan & XS) and GIS as very successful and proved a viable
data source and data management system, and it is equally replicable to other urban areas as well.
The results of the study revealed that the city is expanding very rapidly at the cost of agricultural
land in the southern direction, in the form of periodic waves of leaping out and filling in vacant
land. This uni-directional fleet dynamic of fringe line is creating an imbalance situation which can
be checked by proper monitoring which in turn, required unremitting flow of information. So, this
situation will make it obligatory to use the new technologies. Future generation of satellite
products and improvement in GIS will make it more easy to undertake the built urban
environment. |
| Year | 1995 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Research studies project report ; no. NR-95-03 |
| Type | Research Study Project Report (RSPR) |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Development and Sustainability (DDS) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Natural Resources Management (NRM) |
| Chairperson(s) | Delsol, Jean Pierre; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Kaew Naulchawee ;Sheng, Yap Kioe; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency) ; |
| Degree | Research Studies Project Report (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1995 |