Doctoral Thesis (set): Analysis and development of urban land use

DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA
CARTOGRÁFICA, GEODESIA Y
FOTOGRAMETRÍA
Doctoral Thesis (set): Analysis and development of urban land use fragmentation indicators
from a spatio-temporal perspective.
PhD Student: Marta Sapena Moll
Supervisor/s: Luis Ángel Ruiz Fernández
Abstract:
Managing urban and periurban areas has become a major factor in this century, since more
than half of the population of the world lives in urban areas. Urban population is growing
rapidly and it is expected to continue increasing the following years (UN, 2014). Analysing the
arrangement of urban areas is related to land management policies, and the tools for
performing it are provided by remote sensing and GIS techniques. On the one hand, remote
sensing and GIS allows for the acquisition of high resolution data in multiple spatial and
temporal scales, used for updating land use land cover (LULC) databases, their management
and analysis. This fact is accompanied by the growing availability of LULC multi-temporal
databases at local scales (Sapena et al., 2015).
In this context, methodologies to quantify the fragmentation of urban areas and their
evolution will be developed, and their relationship with geographic and socioeconomic
variables analysed (Sapena & Ruiz, 2015). Urban growing patterns in different geographical
areas will be characterised by means of the development and implementation of spatiotemporal indices. Subsequently, we will work with hierarchical object-based techniques
applied at different administrative units, the attained results will be related to a set to socioeconomic variables associated to these units, obtained from census and institutional statistics
aiming to test the existing influences of the urban fragmentation changes and growing
patterns. Furthermore, relevant indices for monitoring and modelling urban dynamic studies
will be defined. These tasks are considered essential for managing urban areas.
Available Means:
Research project: “Ayuda empleo joven actuación: Monitorización de riesgos forestales y
costeros Mediante técnicas de observación de la tierra de alta resolución”. Called by the
Universitat Politècnica de València. Responsible researcher: Luis Ángel Ruiz Fernández.
Pending application: Ayudas para la realización de proyectos de I+D para grupos de
investigación de excelencia (Prometeo 2016) “Procesos recientes de urbanización en
España: Estimación de variables socio-demográficas urbanas en pequeños dominios
mediante técnicas de sistemas de información geográfica (SIG) y Teledetección”. Called by
the Universitat de València. Responsible researcher: Francisco José Goerlich Gisbert.
References:
United Nations (2014). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2014 Revision. Department of
Economic and Social Affairs. doi:10.4054/DemRes.2005.12.9
Sapena, M., & Ruiz, L.A., (2015). Analysis of Urban Development by means of multi-temporal
fragmentation metrics from LULC data. The International Archives of the
Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume XL-7/W3,
2015 36th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, 11–15 May
2015.
PhD PROGRAMME IN GEOMATICS ENGINEERING. Universitat Politècnica de València
www.upv.es/entidades/EDOCTORADO/info/914042normali.html. Email: [email protected]
DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA
CARTOGRÁFICA, GEODESIA Y
FOTOGRAMETRÍA
Sapena, M., Ruiz, L.A., & Palomar, J.M. (2015). Estudio evolutivo de los usos del suelo
urbano mediante índices de distribución espacio-temporal. Actas del XVI Congreso
Nacional de la Asociación Española de Teledetección, 21-23 Oct., 2015, Sevilla.
PhD PROGRAMME IN GEOMATICS ENGINEERING. Universitat Politècnica de València
www.upv.es/entidades/EDOCTORADO/info/914042normali.html. Email: [email protected]