Land Use Change in Phoenix, Arizona 1990-2014
Document Type
Oral Presentation
Campus where you would like to present
SURC Ballroom C/D
Start Date
15-5-2014
End Date
15-5-2014
Keywords
Change, Phoenix, Geography
Abstract
Phoenix, the capital of Arizona is a city of about 1.44 million people. It has experienced significant land use change from 1990 to the present day. Today, Phoenix is surrounded by the metro areas of Glendale, Scottsdale, Tempe, Mesa, and Peoria. To answer the question of “How has urban development changed land areas around the city of Phoenix, Arizona from the early 1990’s to the present day?” A variety of methods will be used. USGS’ Global Visualization Viewer (GLOVIS) will be used to download imagery from Landsat 7 and 8 in order to compare land use change from 1990 to the present day. Once the satellite scenes are downloaded, ERDAS IMAGINE software will be used to perform classifications on each image to determine if a land area has developed into urban sprawl, or if an area has stayed the same. In addition, change detection analysis will be used in the software to highlight land use change over time. External research papers will be examined to determine the effect of land use change over the city of Phoenix, as well as surrounding areas.
Recommended Citation
Skyllingstad, Reed, "Land Use Change in Phoenix, Arizona 1990-2014" (2014). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 113.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2014/posters/113
Poster Number
28
Additional Mentoring Department
Geography
Land Use Change in Phoenix, Arizona 1990-2014
SURC Ballroom C/D
Phoenix, the capital of Arizona is a city of about 1.44 million people. It has experienced significant land use change from 1990 to the present day. Today, Phoenix is surrounded by the metro areas of Glendale, Scottsdale, Tempe, Mesa, and Peoria. To answer the question of “How has urban development changed land areas around the city of Phoenix, Arizona from the early 1990’s to the present day?” A variety of methods will be used. USGS’ Global Visualization Viewer (GLOVIS) will be used to download imagery from Landsat 7 and 8 in order to compare land use change from 1990 to the present day. Once the satellite scenes are downloaded, ERDAS IMAGINE software will be used to perform classifications on each image to determine if a land area has developed into urban sprawl, or if an area has stayed the same. In addition, change detection analysis will be used in the software to highlight land use change over time. External research papers will be examined to determine the effect of land use change over the city of Phoenix, as well as surrounding areas.
Faculty Mentor(s)
Lipton, Jennifer