Assessment of the Socio-Environmental Impacts of the Urban Expansion using GIS and Remote Sensing in the City of Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Author

Erika P. Jimenez Rivera, CUNY Hunter CollegeFollow

Date of Award

Spring 5-2-2018

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

Geography

First Advisor

Marianna Pavlovskaya

Second Advisor

Shipeng Sun

Academic Program Adviser

Peter Marcotullio

Abstract

This thesis investigates the impacts of the urban expansion from 1990 to 2010 in Guayaquil, Ecuador using geospatial technologies. It incorporates census and land cover data to identify the social and environmental repercussions through Hot Spot Analysis, land cover classification, and Markov chains model.

Recommended Citation

Jimenez Rivera, Erika P., "Assessment of the Socio-Environmental Impacts of the Urban Expansion using GIS and Remote Sensing in the City of Guayaquil, Ecuador." (2018). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/348