Identifying factors influencing urban spatial growth for the George Town conurbation

Urban growth, which caused spatial land use and land cover changes has affected various physical environment, social, and economic activities. Thus, in order to understand the dynamic process of urban spatial growth, researchers throughout the world have implemented diverse approaches, where spat...

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Main Authors:	Mahamud, Mohd Amirul, Samat, Narimah, Mohd Noor, Norzailawati
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Published:	Malaysian Institute of Planner 2016
Subjects:	G Geography (General) GE Environmental Sciences H Social Sciences (General) T Technology (General)
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spelling	iium-539122017-03-24T08:33:11Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/53912/ Identifying factors influencing urban spatial growth for the George Town conurbation Mahamud, Mohd Amirul Samat, Narimah Mohd Noor, Norzailawati G Geography (General) GE Environmental Sciences H Social Sciences (General) T Technology (General) Urban growth, which caused spatial land use and land cover changes has affected various physical environment, social, and economic activities. Thus, in order to understand the dynamic process of urban spatial growth, researchers throughout the world have implemented diverse approaches, where spatial models have been developed to predict and simulate future urban growth. Those models were developed based on the driving forces that stimulate urban spatial growth. Therefore, in ensuring reliable models to be developed will be able to forecast future changes and their potential environmental effects, the driving forces must be identified. The objective of this paper is to identify possible driving forces that promote urban spatial growth of the George Town Conurbation. The study was conducted based on reviewing recent publications in journals and an on-line survey. An on-line survey was generated and distributed to academicians and urban planners to identify factors influencing urban spatial growth and their weights. The findings indicated that distance to public amenities, cheap housing price, and distance to the workplace are among factors that are important determinants of urban development. The results provide valuable insights in modelling urban growth in future research. Malaysian Institute of Planner 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/53912/1/A1.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/53912/7/53912_Identifying%20factors%20influencing%20urban_Scopus.pdf Mahamud, Mohd Amirul and Samat, Narimah and Mohd Noor, Norzailawati (2016) Identifying factors influencing urban spatial growth for the George Town conurbation. Planning Malaysia: Journal of the Malaysian Institute of Planners, 14 (XIV). pp. 95-106. ISSN 1675-6215 E-ISSN 0128-0945 http://www.planningmalaysia.org/index.php/pmj/article/view/186/180 10.21837/pmjournal.v14.i5.186
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description	Urban growth, which caused spatial land use and land cover changes has affected various physical environment, social, and economic activities. Thus, in order to understand the dynamic process of urban spatial growth, researchers throughout the world have implemented diverse approaches, where spatial models have been developed to predict and simulate future urban growth. Those models were developed based on the driving forces that stimulate urban spatial growth. Therefore, in ensuring reliable models to be developed will be able to forecast future changes and their potential environmental effects, the driving forces must be identified. The objective of this paper is to identify possible driving forces that promote urban spatial growth of the George Town Conurbation. The study was conducted based on reviewing recent publications in journals and an on-line survey. An on-line survey was generated and distributed to academicians and urban planners to identify factors influencing urban spatial growth and their weights. The findings indicated that distance to public amenities, cheap housing price, and distance to the workplace are among factors that are important determinants of urban development. The results provide valuable insights in modelling urban growth in future research.
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author	Mahamud, Mohd Amirul Samat, Narimah Mohd Noor, Norzailawati
author_facet	Mahamud, Mohd Amirul Samat, Narimah Mohd Noor, Norzailawati
author_sort	Mahamud, Mohd Amirul
title	Identifying factors influencing urban spatial growth for the George Town conurbation
title_short	Identifying factors influencing urban spatial growth for the George Town conurbation
title_full	Identifying factors influencing urban spatial growth for the George Town conurbation
title_fullStr	Identifying factors influencing urban spatial growth for the George Town conurbation
title_full_unstemmed	Identifying factors influencing urban spatial growth for the George Town conurbation
title_sort	identifying factors influencing urban spatial growth for the george town conurbation
publisher	Malaysian Institute of Planner
publishDate	2016
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