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The objective of this chapter was to analyze observed and projected land use/cover changes between 1990 and 2030 in Bamako Metropolitan Area. The land use/cover change analysis revealed significant built-up expansion for the “1990–2000” and “2010–2014” epochs, while built-up expansion slowed down during the “2000–2010” epoch. Built-up growth in Bamako Metropolitan Area was characterized by a low-density urban sprawl moving outward from the urban core into the surrounding rural areas. Generally, vacant lands in the surrounding rural areas were converted to residential and urban land uses. Future land use/cover simulations (up to 2030) indicated that the current land use/cover change trends, such as the increase in built-up areas and decrease in non-built-up areas as well as low-density urban sprawl, would continue to persist. The observed and simulated land use/cover changes provide an overview of built-up expansion as well as a simulated urban growth scenario for Bamako Metropolitan Area. This could potentially assist decision-makers with general built-up change information that can be used to guide sustainable urban development in Bamako Metropolitan Area.
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Kamusoko, C. (2017). Bamako Metropolitan Area. In: Murayama, Y., Kamusoko, C., Yamashita, A., Estoque, R. (eds) Urban Development in Asia and Africa. The Urban Book Series. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3241-7_14
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