Recent Advances in Remote Sensing and GIS in Sub-Sahara Africa.

Intro -- RECENT ADVANCES IN REMOTE SENSING AND GIS IN SUB-SAHARA AFRICA -- RECENT ADVANCES IN REMOTE SENSING AND GIS IN SUB-SAHARA AFRICA -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- REFERENCE -- PREFACE -- ABOUT THE EDITORS -- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS -- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION: USEFULNESS OF SPATIAL ANALYSIS WITH REMOTE SENSING AND GIS IN SUB-SAHARA AFRICA -- 1.1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.2. SUMMARY OF BOOK CHAPTERS -- Chapter 2 MODELING SPATIAL PROCESSES OF URBAN GROWTH IN AN AFRICAN CITY: A CASE STUDY OF NAIROBI -- ABSTRACT -- 2.1. INTRODUCTION -- 2.2. DATA AND METHODOLOGY -- 2.3. CALIBRATING CELLULAR AUTOMATA MODEL -- 2.4. ACCURACY ASSESSMENT -- 2.5. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 2.6. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 MARKOV-CELLULAR AUTOMATA APPROACH FOR MODELLING LAND USE/COVER CHANGES IN AN AFRICAN RURAL LANDSCAPE: A CASE STUDY IN THE BINDURA DISTRICT, ZIMBABWE -- ABSTRACT -- 3.1. INTRODUCTION -- 3.2. BACKGROUND -- 3.2.1. Markov Chain Analysis -- 3.2.2. Cellular Automata -- 3.2.3. Markov-Cellular Automata Model -- 3.3. STUDY AREA -- 3.4. METHODOLOGY -- 3.4.1. Data -- 3.4.2. Markov-Cellular Automata Modelling Framework -- Computation of Land Use/Cover Transition Potential Maps -- Computation of Transition Probabilities Using Markov Chain Analysis -- Spatial Allocation of Simulated Land Use/Cover Probabilities -- 3.5. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 3.5.1. Analysis of Land Use/Cover Changes and Transition Probabilities -- 3.5.2. Validation of the Markov-Cellular Automata Model -- 3.5.3. Simulated Future Land Use/Cover Changes -- 3.6. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 URBAN LAND USE CHANGE AND LANDSCAPE FRAGMENTATION IN LAGOS, NIGERIA -- ABSTRACT -- 4.1. INTRODUCTION -- 4.2. STUDY AREA -- 4.3. METHODS -- 4.4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS.