Transforming landscapes: Decoding the impact of universities on urbanization using advanced modeling and perception analysis.

ABSTRACT: Universities play a crucial role in urban economic and structural development. The government of Bangladesh has undertaken the initiative to establish a public university in each of the 64 districts. These newly founded universities have the potential to impact urban growth significantly. We aimed to project university-induced urban expansion to address this knowledge gap and identify the mechanisms driving urban growth. The classification of supervised and unsupervised methods was employed to analyze urban development for the years 2000, 2010, 2016, and 2022. We used the Cellular Automata and Markov Chain approach to forecast future urban growth and land transition capacity. Additionally, the driving factors and selection of the study area were derived from Focus Group Discussions (FGD),

SUBMITTER: Rahman MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11482722 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature