The Urban Expansion Characterization of the Bir El Djir Municipality Using Remote Sensing and GIS

Type Journal Article - International Journal of Civil, Environmental, Structural, Construction and Architectural Engineering
Title The Urban Expansion Characterization of the Bir El Djir Municipality Using Remote Sensing and GIS
Author(s)
Volume 9
Issue 4
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2015
Page numbers 406-409
URL http://www.waset.org/publications/10000965
Abstract
Bir El Djir is an important coastal township in Oran department, located at 450 Km far away from Algiers on northwest of Algeria. In this coastal area, the urban sprawl is one of the main problems that reduce the limited highly fertile land. So, using the remote sensing and GIS technologies have shown their great capabilities to solve many earth resources issues. The aim of this study is to produce land use and cover map for the studied area at varied periods to monitor possible changes that may occurred, particularly in the urban areas and subsequently predict likely changes. For this, two spatial images SPOT and Landsat satellites from 1987 and 2014 respectively were used to assess the changes of urban expansion and encroachment during this period with photo-interpretation and GIS approach. The results revealed that the town of Bir El Djir has shown a highest growth rate in the period 1987-2014 which is 1201.5 hectares in terms of area. These expansions largely concern the new real estate constructions falling within the social and promotional housing programs launched by the government. The most urban expansion is characterized by the new construction in the form of spontaneous or peripheral precarious habitat, but also unstructured slums settled especially in the southeastern part of town.

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