APPLICATIONS OF RS AND GIS FOR URBAN LAND USE CHANGE STUDIES

摘要

The aim of this study is to analyze urban land use changes occurred in central part of Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia before and after 1990 using spatial data sets. As data sources, large scale topographic maps of 2000 as well as panchromatic and multispectral Quickbird images of 2013 are used. To extract land use information from the Quickbird images, a visual interpretation is applied on the enhanced images. Overall, the study demonstrates that in recent decades, Ulaanbaatar city has urbanized very rapidly.