Introduction
Urban sprawl is the expansion of a city or its suburbs, especially the commercialization in rural areas including farmland or undeveloped lands, such as forests and open spaces. Urban sprawl can be caused by numerous factors including rapid population growth, rise of living standard, decrease of land rate, lack of urban planning, etc. Urban sprawl creates numerous problems that would decrease in environmental quality through wildlife habitat destruction, deforestation, wetlands, and farmland, and increase natural resources consumptions. In this project, the urban expansion and vegetation loss from 1993 to 2011 in central Southern Ontario, Canada, will be analyzed.
Definition of Study area
The urban population of Canada grew 37%,
Urban sprawl is the expansion of a city or its suburbs, especially the commercialization in rural areas including farmland or undeveloped lands, such as forests and open spaces. Urban sprawl can be caused by numerous factors including rapid population growth, rise of living standard, decrease of land rate, lack of urban planning, etc. Urban sprawl creates numerous problems that would decrease in environmental quality through wildlife habitat destruction, deforestation, wetlands, and farmland, and increase natural resources consumptions. In this project, the urban expansion and vegetation loss from 1993 to 2011 in central Southern Ontario, Canada, will be analyzed.
Definition of Study area
The urban population of Canada grew 37%,