Monitoring urban growth: urbanization of the fringe areas of Accra

Lasse Møller-Jensen; Richard Kofie; Paul Yankson

Monitoring urban growth: urbanization of the fringe areas of Accra

Lasse Møller-Jensen, Richard Kofie, Paul Yankson

Geography

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Abstract

The extent of the urbanized areas of Accra is assessed from Landsat-TM satellite images for the year 2002 and compared to similar information for the years 1985 and 1991. A texture-based classification method is applied. The results show that the urbanization of the fringe areas of Accra is occurring at a pace that has increased from 10 km² per year for the period 1985-1991 to 25 km² per year for the period 1991-2002. This development is subsequently discussed with focus on the unplanned and haphazard nature of the growth and the corresponding absence of adequate infrastructure and service provision.

Original language	English
Journal	Bulletin of the Ghana Geographical Association
Volume	24
Pages (from-to)	1-12
Publication status	Published - 2007

Keywords

Faculty of Science
GIS
urban planning
texture
urban growth
remote sensing

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Monitoring urban growth: urbanization of the fringe areas of Accra

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UN SDGs

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