The Impact of Urban Growth on Land Use in Shehata City: Geographical Study Using GIS and Remote Sensing Techniques

Abstract

This study aims to monitor the construction development in Shahat City during (1966-1917) when the city set off three last decades of a large expansion in construction buildings, which affected the use of the land inside the city. Depending on the geographical information systems and the techniques of remote sensing, the study arrived at some groups of results, the importance of these results is; Shahat City passed before many of the planning stages which were affected by groups of geographical determinations (natural and human) and it took up a total area (751.87 hectares). The growth of population is considered one of the important human determinations which helped for growing the block construction of the city, adding to a net road and important modifications and interior streets which took part in the expansion and guiding the construction in the city. The study also showed that Shahat City faces a lot of constructional problems such as random growth and overlapping uses in the city, in addition to the transgression of the important archeological sites which single out and distinguish the city. Finally, and in the end, the study put and suggested some groups of recommendations and suggestions to overcome the previous problems and improve the construction situation in the city.