Developing land use geospatial indices (LUGI) for sprawl measurement in alpha cities: Case study of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Mohd. Noor, Norzailawati, Rosni, Nur Aulia, Hashim, Mazlan, Abdullah, Alias
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier Ltd. 2018
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/86569/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2018.05.012
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

This study investigated an atomic level of sprawl measurement for Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan by developing a set of Land Use Geospatial Indices (LUGI). The components of LUGI include segregated land use, development planning consistency, urban density, strip and leapfrog development, that have been t...