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Assessing Post-Industrial Urban Change: A Remote Sensing Investigation

Taylor, Jacob
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1556628456788616

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2019, Master of Science (MS), Ohio University, Geography (Arts and Sciences).
The city of Youngstown, Ohio has seen a dramatic decrease in population since its heyday in the mid-20th century. From 1950 to 2010 Youngstown’s population dropped by 60%. This decrease in population has resulted in urban decay and subsequent changes to the city’s planning strategy. The city of Youngstown’s plan to deliberately shrink may have altered land cover in the area. These land cover changes can be detected from variety of different techniques with the use of remotely sensed imagery. The objective of this study was to compare methods of change detection in a post-industrial environment. Post classification techniques were used to assess the extent of change Youngstown has experienced over the last three decades. The results of the analysis described the impacts that deindustrialization and population decline has had on the city of Youngstown and surrounding area. The remote sensing techniques used in this study proved to be effective at providing a synoptic view of intricate land surface patterns. NDVI and DBI analysis provided surface patterns of greening and developed surfaces. These techniques are capable of aiding in the detection of land cover change patterns as a result of the shifting urban environment and were capable of supporting the environmental characterization of a shrinking city.
James Lein, Dr. (Committee Chair)
76 p.
Remote Sensing
LULC; Urban Decline

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  • Taylor, J. (2019). Assessing Post-Industrial Urban Change: A Remote Sensing Investigation [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1556628456788616

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Taylor, Jacob. Assessing Post-Industrial Urban Change: A Remote Sensing Investigation. 2019. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1556628456788616.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Taylor, Jacob. "Assessing Post-Industrial Urban Change: A Remote Sensing Investigation." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1556628456788616

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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