Geospatial Analysis of Urban Expansion Using Remote Sensing Methods and Data: A Case Study of Yangtze River Delta, China

Figure 5

Spatial expansion directions of cities covered in the study during the period 2000–2017. The numbers in the (a)∼(p) were calculated by equation (2), representing the expansion intensity in the spatial direction. (a) Shanghai. (b) Nanjing. (c) Zhenjing. (d) Yangzhou. (e) Taizhou (Jiangsu). (f) Nantong. (g) Changzhou. (h) Suzhou. (i) Wuxi. (j) Hangzhou. (k) Huzhou. (l) Jiaxing. (m) Shaoxing. (n) Ningbo. (o) Taizhou. (p) Zhoushan.

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