A Study of Urban Expansion in the City of Al-Mahaweel Using Supervised Classification Method For The Period from 2003 To 2020 Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Abstract

This study sought to reveal the urban expansion of the city of Mahaweel in the province of Babylon for the period from 2003 to 2020 using remote sensing techniques and geographic information systems, and if there were changes in the patterns of the main land uses of the city, the study used the analytical method in describing the change in land uses Which occurred through the use of the observed classification in analyzing satellite visuals from the Landsat 7 and Landsat 8 satellites, and following the Anderson system for the first level of land classification, based on which four classifications were studied in the study area: (vegetation cover, arable land, and land Arid and urban lands). The study concluded that there is a noticeable change in the area of land uses in the region, and the study also showed that the urban areas increased by (11.32) km2, and the vegetation cover decreased by (37.68) km2, in addition to that the area of arid lands increased by (28) km2, while there was a slight decrease in the area of arable land by (1.66) km2 during the study period, in addition to that the study confirmed that GIS and remote sensing are of great importance due to their high ability and great accuracy in identifying patterns of land use and calculating its area easily It is facilitated by multiple programs.