Rapid urbanisation has increased pressure on housing provision in many developing towns, including Bungoma Town, Kenya. This study examined the extent to which industrialisation, poverty, unemployment, and population growth influence the growth of informal housing in Bungoma Town...
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Research Article10.9734/ajgr/2026/v9i3449
Urbanisation is a major driver of landscape transformation in West Africa, resulting in the gradual conversion of natural areas into built environments and the degradation of ecosystem services. In Ziguinchor, this process is reflected in the continuous expansion of built-up area...
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Research Article10.9734/jaeri/2026/v27i5790
This study analysed patterns of thermal change using Land Surface Temperature (LST) in Raigarh District, Chhattisgarh, India, over a 30-year period (1994–2024). The research examined temporal changes in LST and assessed its relationships with vegetation, built-up, and water indic...
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Research Article10.9734/ajgr/2026/v9i3446
Land use and land cover (LULC) change reflects the interaction of physical, social, and economic processes. Although previous studies have documented LULC change using remote sensing and GIS techniques, limited attention has been given to the combined influence of these factors i...
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Research Article10.9734/ajgr/2026/v9i3435
Rapid land transformation driven by urbanisation and agricultural expansion is reshaping environmental conditions in many developing regions. Monitoring Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) dynamics using geospatial technologies is therefore essential for sustainable resource managemen...
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Research Article10.9734/ajgr/2026/v9i2404
This work focuses on land use land and cover (LULC) change and the growth of the urban area surrounding Bankura municipality during a 30-year period (1991–2021). The objectives include determining directional urban growth and quantifying land use and land cover (LULC) transformat...
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Research Article10.9734/ajgr/2026/v9i2386
This paper focuses on the effects of urbanisation on LULC change dynamics in Bidar District, Karnataka, over a period of 30 years (1994-2024), using multi-temporal Landsat satellite images. Landsat 5 satellite images and Landsat 8 OLI images underwent radiometric and geometric co...
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Research Article10.9734/ajgr/2026/v9i1353
In the past few decades, most cities in developing countries have witnessed rapid urbanisation resulting from an unexpected increase in urban population, leading to the phenomenon of sprawl. Notwithstanding, literature survey has established that stakeholders’ responses to urban...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2025/v29i9939
Background: The word 'Slum' means a densely or heavily populated area in the city. The growth and development of slums in urban areas is one of the important issues for the urban local bodies (ULB’s). Almost one billion people live in slums around the world, which are typically o...
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Research Article10.9734/ajgr/2025/v8i3290
Urbanization is a complex socio-economic process that transforms the built environment, converting formerly rural into urban settlements, while also shifting the spatial distribution of population from rural to urban areas. Urbanization was an important driving force in migration...
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Research Article10.9734/acri/2024/v24i1621
Aims: To quantify rainwater runoff from domestic front gardens as a consequence of increased impervious surface area and climate change impacts, thus allowing the runoff contribution from both newly and previously covered front gardens to be assessed in terms of the overall urban...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2016/23728