Author(s): Sabah Saleh Al-Jnied, Nadir Abdulhamed, and Ghadeer Mohamed Redhah Kathem
Article publication date: 2013-12-01
Vol. 31 No. 4 (yearly), pp. 276-285.
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Keywords
Cooling load, Conditioning system, Programmable thermostat, Lighting systems, Infusion rate.
Abstract
This study aims to analyze and evaluate the change in urban land use area in the main islands of the Kingdom of Bahrain (Bahrain, Muharraq and Sitra) during the period 1986 - 2012 using Landsat 1986- 1998 satellite data and QuickBird 2002 and Google Earth data. The methodology focused on using Supervised Classification and visual image interpretation and overlay analysis. Four thematic maps were produced and used to evaluate and to measure Land Consumption Rate –LCR and Land Absorption Coefficient –LAC. The results indicate increase in Urban area and Land Consumption Rate –LCR.