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    The development of a morphological unplanned settlement index using very-high-resolution (VHR) imagery

    Kuffer, M. and Barros, Joana and Sliuzas, R.V. (2014) The development of a morphological unplanned settlement index using very-high-resolution (VHR) imagery. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 48 , pp. 138-152. ISSN 0198-9715.

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    Abstract

    Spatial metrics combined with spectral information extracted from very-high-resolution (VHR) imagery allow quantification of the general spatial characteristics of urban areas, as well as specific morphological features (i.e., density, size, and pattern) of unplanned settlements. Such morphological features are visible in VHR imagery, but they are challenging to quantify. Still, quantification of the morphological differences between planned and unplanned areas is an important step towards automatic extraction of unplanned areas from VHR imagery. In this work, we discuss how image segmentation assists in the extraction of homogenous urban patches (HUPs), and use spatial metrics to quantify the morphological differences between planned and unplanned HUPs. A set of spatial metrics meaningful to describe morphological features of unplanned areas is selected and combined into an unplanned settlement index (USI) using a multi-criteria evaluation approach. Two case study areas are used to test the USI, i.e., Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and New Delhi, India. The ability of the developed USI to extract unplanned areas is confirmed via visual comparison with existing land use data, and a quantitative accuracy assessment shows that areas of high USI coincide well with unplanned areas in the reference data. The quantitative accuracy assessment presents an accuracy of greater than 70% for five selected test areas in both cities.

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    Item Type: Article
    Keyword(s) / Subject(s): Unplanned settlement index, Urban morphology, VHR imagery, Image segmentation, Spatial metrics
    School: Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences
    Depositing User: Administrator
    Date Deposited: 04 Sep 2014 13:07
    Last Modified: 02 Aug 2023 17:12
    URI: https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/10450

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