Urban growth patterns and growth management boundaries in the Central Puget Sound, Washington, 1986–2007

Hepinstall‐Cymerman, Jeffrey; Coe, Stephan; Hutyra, Lucy R.

doi:10.1007/s11252-011-0206-3

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“…Their results indicated spatial clustering, specialisation of land use and peri urban development (not considered by the original policy) which were subsequently used to tailor policy in remediating issues, facilitating sustainable future urban development [13,14]. Similarly, Hepinstall-Cymerman et al (2013) used classified Landsat data to monitor urban growth in regards to imposed growth boundaries in the Central Puget Sound, Washington, USA [15]. Surprisingly, more new development occurred outside the growth boundaries than inside within their last time period, illustrating the ineffectiveness of the imposed policy leading to economic and ecological consequences, including a loss of avian diversity in native forest species [15,16].…”

Section: Earth Observation For Monitoring Urban Changementioning

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Urban Growth Dynamics in Perth, Western Australia: Using Applied Remote Sensing for Sustainable Future Planning

MacLachlan

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Earth observation data can provide valuable assessments for monitoring the spatial extent of (un)sustainable urban growth of the world's cities to better inform planning policy in reducing associated economic, social and environmental costs. Western Australia has witnessed rapid economic expansion since the turn of the century founded upon extensive natural resource extraction. Thus, Perth, the state capital of Western Australia, has encountered significant population and urban growth in response to the booming state economy. However, the recent economic slowdown resulted in the largest decrease in natural resource values that Western Australia has ever experienced. Here, we present multi-temporal urban expansion statistics from 1990 to 2015 for Perth, derived from Landsat imagery. Current urban estimates used for future development plans and progress monitoring of infill and density targets are based upon aggregated census data and metrics unrepresentative of actual land cover change, underestimating overall urban area. Earth observation provides a temporally consistent methodology, identifying areal urban area at higher spatial and temporal resolution than current estimates. Our results indicate that the spatial extent of the Perth Metropolitan Region has increased 45% between 1990 and 2015, over 320 km 2 . We highlight the applicability of earth observation data in accurately quantifying urban area for sustainable targeted planning practices.

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Urban Growth Dynamics in Perth, Western Australia: Using Applied Remote Sensing for Sustainable Future Planning

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“…Between the period of 1990-2002, the rate of urban development was significantly higher in areas outside of urban growth boundaries than inside across six of the same counties in this study [70]. Whether septic tanks or sewers facilitated this increased rate would require additional information on the year when these different systems were installed.…”

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“…The link between wastewater treatment systems and urban patterns has reinvigorated the attention of recent researchers and policy makers who view septic systems as encouraging development on the urban fringe in the form of sprawl, particularly in the wake of growth management policies [70,74].…”

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Patterns of Wastewater Infrastructure along a Gradient of Coastal Urbanization: A Study of the Puget Sound Region

Spirandelli

2015

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Abstract:The aim of this paper is to explore patterns of wastewater infrastructures (sewers vs. septic tanks) in urbanizing watersheds across a coastal metropolitan region. This research combines an urban-rural gradient with spatial metrics at the patch and watershed scale (proportion of parcels on a treatment system, septic density, lot size and percent imperviousness) to analyze wastewater patterns in the Puget Sound, WA, USA. Results show that most urban residential parcels are hooked up to a sewer, although there remain urban residences on a septic tank with small lots. I find a complex arrangement of wastewater treatment in suburban watersheds representing a patchwork of parcels on sewers and septic tanks. Sewers dominate in total numbers, while the density of septic tanks is highest in this portion of the urban gradient. Lot size decreases from rural to urban; however, it varies depending on the type of wastewater treatment system. In urban watersheds, lots on septic tanks are significantly smaller than lots in suburban and rural watersheds and of a similar size compared to lots on sewers. I also find a significant difference in the amount of impervious surfaces in watersheds dominated by sewers vs. septic tanks. In the urban portion of the gradient, the amount of paved surfaces in parcels with septic tanks is also similar in level as parcels with sewers. I discuss how these patterns emerge from the interplay of biophysical, socio-economic and technological factors and how different regulatory regimes for septic tanks and sewers may further induce these patterns.

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“…It is widely accepted that it is necessary to protect natural resources [16,17]. At the same time, it is urgent that urban planning should rely on evidentiary models, valid spatial data, and 3S technology [18,19].Remote sensing has been considered one of the most powerful and effective tools for exploring urban growth patterns and monitoring urban land use/land cover changes [20,21]. To derive available information for city managers Pol.…”

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“…Remote sensing has been considered one of the most powerful and effective tools for exploring urban growth patterns and monitoring urban land use/land cover changes [20,21]. To derive available information for city managers Pol.…”

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Detecting Urban Growth Patterns and Wetland Conversion Processes in a Natural Wetlands Distribution Area

Cai¹,

Hao²,

Pan³

2015

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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Due to the consequence of political and economic reforms, China has experienced a stage of great changes in land use and urban growth since [1][2][3]. Nowadays, urbanization is still proceeding at staggering speed [4][5][6][7]. As a major conversion from natural lands to urban developed lands, urbanization represents an important type of land transformation [8,9] and has been regarded as one of the biggest challenges of the 21 st century [10][11][12]. Though urban areas cover only 3% of the earth's land surface, their ecological footprint is much more extensive [13][14][15]. It is widely accepted that it is necessary to protect natural resources [16,17]. At the same time, it is urgent that urban planning should rely on evidentiary models, valid spatial data, and 3S technology [18,19].Remote sensing has been considered one of the most powerful and effective tools for exploring urban growth patterns and monitoring urban land use/land cover changes [20,21]. To derive available information for city managers Pol. J. Environ. Stud. Vol. 24, No. 5 (2015), 1919-1929 AbstractSince the 20 th century, urbanization has been experiencing a fast developing stage. In two decades, the natural wetlands distribution area (NWDA) of Fuzhou, a forefront city in the West-Taiwan Strait Economic Zone of China, has dramatically changed from an agriculture-dominated landscape to a modern industrialization urban setting. The integrated approach of concentric zone-based analysis and biophysical indices were used to examine the spatial-temporal changes of urban growth patterns and explore historical wetland conversion processes based on remote sensing and geographic information systems in the NWDA from 1989 to 2009. The popular belief was that the wetland was destroyed and converted to developed land, while our study demonstrated wetland losses were conversions to cropland, which revealed that the city growth occupied massive farmland at the initial stage of urbanization. Meanwhile, results demonstrated that the growth pattern can be characterized as dispersed or sprawl in the NWDA during . The large area of developed lands is concentrated within a 3-15 km zone, and the population with high density mainly is concentrated within the scope of 0-9 km areas. Therefore, the best management practice for land use and urban planning should be made to minimize the adverse effects of urbanization in those areas urgently.Keywords: urban growth patterns, land use/land cover (LULC), wetlands conversion paths, geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing (RS)

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Urban growth patterns and growth management boundaries in the Central Puget Sound, Washington, 1986–2007

Cited by 57 publications

References 60 publications

Urban Growth Dynamics in Perth, Western Australia: Using Applied Remote Sensing for Sustainable Future Planning

Urban Growth Dynamics in Perth, Western Australia: Using Applied Remote Sensing for Sustainable Future Planning

Patterns of Wastewater Infrastructure along a Gradient of Coastal Urbanization: A Study of the Puget Sound Region

Detecting Urban Growth Patterns and Wetland Conversion Processes in a Natural Wetlands Distribution Area

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