Integrating Data-Driven and Participatory Modeling to Simulate Future Urban Growth Scenarios: Findings from Monastir, Tunisia
Harb, Mostapha, Garschagen, Matthias, Cotti, Davide, Kratzschmar, Elke, Baccouche, Hayet, Ben Khaled, Karem, Bellert, Felicitas, Chebil, Bouraoui, Ben Fredj, Anis, Ayed, Sonia, Shekhar, Himanshu and Hagenlocher, Michael, (2020). Integrating Data-Driven and Participatory Modeling to Simulate Future Urban Growth Scenarios: Findings from Monastir, Tunisia. Urban Science, 4(1), 1-13
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Sub-type Journal article Author Harb, Mostapha
Garschagen, Matthias
Cotti, Davide
Kratzschmar, Elke
Baccouche, Hayet
Ben Khaled, Karem
Bellert, Felicitas
Chebil, Bouraoui
Ben Fredj, Anis
Ayed, Sonia
Shekhar, Himanshu
Hagenlocher, MichaelTitle Integrating Data-Driven and Participatory Modeling to Simulate Future Urban Growth Scenarios: Findings from Monastir, Tunisia Appearing in Urban Science Volume 4 Issue No. 1 Publication Date 2020-02-27 Place of Publication Basel Publisher MDPI Start page 1 End page 13 Language eng Abstract Current rapid urbanization trends in developing countries present considerable challenges to local governments, potentially hindering efforts towards sustainable urban development. To effectively anticipate the challenges posed by urbanization, participatory modeling techniques can help to stimulate future‐oriented decision‐making by exploring alternative development scenarios. With the example of the coastal city of Monastir, we present the results of an integrated urban growth analysis that combines the SLEUTH (slope, land use, exclusion, urban extent, transportation, and hill shade) cellular automata model with qualitative inputs from relevant local stakeholders to simulate urban growth until 2030. While historical time‐series of Landsat data fed a business‐as‐usual prediction, the quantification of narrative storylines derived from participatory scenario workshops enabled the creation of four additional urban growth scenarios. Results show that the growth of the city will occur at different rates under all scenarios. Both the “business‐as‐usual” (BaU) prediction and the four scenarios revealed that urban expansion is expected to further encroach on agricultural land by 2030. The various scenarios suggest that Monastir will expand between 127–149 hectares. The information provided here goes beyond simply projecting past trends, giving decision‐makers the necessary support for both understanding possible future urban expansion pathways and proactively managing the future growth of the city. Keyword Participatory modeling
Future urban expansion
SLEUTH
Business as usual prediction
Alternative scenariosCopyright Holder MDPI Copyright Year 2020 Copyright type Creative commons DOI 10.3390/urbansci4010010 -
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