Impact assessment of rapid development on land use changes in coastal areas; case of Kuala Langat district, Malaysia

In this paper, land use change patterns over 35 years were analysed to show the impacts of urbanization with respect to continued growth and to examine the capabilities of integrating remote sensing and GIS in studying the spatial coastal land use changes. 

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Pourebrahim, Sharareh
 Hadipour, Mehrdad
 Mokhtar, MazlinBin
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Pourebrahim, S., M. Hadipour and M. Mokhtar. 2014. Impact assessment of rapid development on land use changes in coastal areas; case of Kuala Langat district, Malaysia. Environment, Development and Sustainability, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10668-014-9585-y

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2014
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