An Approach to Identify Bottlenecks in Road Networks using Travel Time Variations: A Case Study in the City of Colombo and Suburbs

Thilakshan, Thisaiveerasingam; Rajapaksha, Gayani; Bandara, Saman

doi:10.1109/mercon50084.2020.9185338

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“…Traffic congestion is one of the challenges that must be managed. Evidence of traffic congestion issues has been provided in previous studies for Mumbai [105], Colombo [106], Dhaka [107], and Karachi [108]. Traffic-related challenges have led to the loss of billions of dollars and human working hours during rush hours.…”

Section: Urbanization Related Issues and Future Challengesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Spatial Analysis of Urbanization Patterns in Four Rapidly Growing South Asian Cities Using Sentinel-2 Data

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The rapid and dominant urbanization in Asian cities has fueled concerns regarding the local and global efforts toward urban sustainability. Specifically, South Asian cities have been a topical issue concerning ecological and environmental threats due to their unplanned and haphazard urban development. However, comparative urbanization studies in South Asian cities remain uncommon. Therefore, in this study, we sought to comparatively examine the land use and land cover (LULC) dynamics and to detect the urbanization patterns of four rapidly developing South Asian lowland cities: Mumbai (India), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Karachi (Pakistan), and Dhaka (Bangladesh). Sentinel-2 (10 m) data and various geospatial approaches, including urban–rural gradient and grid-based methods, statistics, and urban landscape metric techniques, were used to facilitate the analysis. The study revealed that Mumbai, Karachi, and Dhaka had larger built-up landscapes compared to Colombo. Mumbai had the highest percentage of green spaces, followed by Colombo. Dhaka and Karachi had relatively small percentages of green spaces. Colombo and Dhaka had more croplands, which consistently increased along the urban–rural gradient compared to Mumbai and Karachi. Karachi showed that the only major land use was built-up, while most of the areas were left as open lands. On the other hand, Colombo’s urban setup was more fragmented than the other three cities. Mumbai and Karachi had larger patches of urban footprints compared to Colombo and Dhaka. Thus, this study provides vital information on the past land utilization priorities in the four cities, and comparatively proffers guidance on certain critical areas of focus for local, regional, and global future sustainable urban planning.

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Section: Urbanization Related Issues and Future Challengesmentioning

confidence: 99%