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This study focused on the patterns of urban sprawl in China's major cities since1978. Information about the major urban built-up areas in China was extracted from the remote sensing images from multiple sources, such as the QuickBird, SPOT and TM, using the soil-vegetation-adjusted building index (SVBI). The trend of urban sprawl was analyzed by measuring the rate of urban expansion and growth rate...
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