Abstract
The management of urban sprawl is fundamental to achieving sustainable urban development. Monitoring urban sprawl is, however, challenging. This study proposes the use of two spatial statistics, namely global Moran and local Moran to indentify statistically significant urban sprawl hot and cold spots. The findings reveal that the Moran indexes are sensitive to the distance band spatial weight matrices employed and that multiple bands should be used when these indexes are used. The authors demonstrate how the indexes can be used in combination with various visualisation methods to support planning decisions.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-20 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2014 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Distance band
- Global moran I
- Local moran I
- Spatial cluster and outlier
- Sustainable urban development
- Urban sprawl
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
