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Track: Local/State Government, Cadastral, Land Records
Jay Lee
Kent State University
413 McGilvrey Hall
Kent, OH 44242-0001
Telephone: 330-672-3222
Fax: 330-672-4304
E-mail: jlee@kent.edu
Analysis of Urban Sprawl Dynamic with Geographic Information Systems
The expansion of urbanized areas in the Greater Cleveland Metropolitan Area has had a significant impact on the urbanization of the adjacent counties. The urbanization had changed the patterns of land use in these counties at a rapid rate. To facilitate a means for the control of further urbanization, this project was implemented to simulate land use patterns with a projected growth, higher growth and a slowed down growth. We incorporated a GIS database that contains multiple layers as the basis for the simulation. These layers include land slopes, available farm lands, zoning maps, TIGER/Line streets, land use/land cover, sewer/utility, ground water potential, flooding, and others between 1970 to 1990. The database used in this project was created by assembling data from a variety of sources such as satellite images, aerial photos, land use maps from local planning commissions, USGS topo maps and digital files, the Bureau of the Census, and the State of Ohio. With direct comparison of land use from 1977,
1987, and 1996, we computed the trend and amount of changes of land use patterns. These results were then used as the basis for further projection. The analyst team includes planners, government entities, academics, and GIS specialists.
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