期刊名称：ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
印刷版ISSN：2194-9042
电子版ISSN：2194-9050
出版年度：2008
卷号：XXXVII-B8
页码：95-100
出版社：Copernicus Publications
摘要：The main goal of this research was to study the urban planning of Isa town using GIS techniques, since the implementation of the town plan in 1963 until the year 2005, and to assess its stages of development. Furthermore, the study aimed to produce land use maps, establish the statistical inventory of land use categories and their significance and role in shaping the character of the town overtime. This multi-temporal study used the following datasets: . Data and statistical reports related to the objectives of the study, gathered from various Ministries in the Kingdom of Bah-rain. . Aerial photograph (1950) of the study area showing the vacant land area of Isa town, surrounded by palm trees and rural settlements. . Three Topographic Maps (scale of 1:10.000) of Isa town for the years 1977, 1991, and 2005. . The original urban plan of Isa town, implemented in early 1963. The adopted methodology is composed of the following steps: 1) Acquisition and review of relevant literature, topographic maps, field survey, and statistics related to social and urban de-velopment. 2) Pre-processing, including digitizing of topographic maps, in order to extract and determine land use maps/categories for the years 1977, 1991 and 2005, and conversion of data from INTERGRAPH Microstation to ESRI ArcGIS. 3) Production of an urban database, including land use maps for three decades, ground observations and statistics in order to analyze the urban plan, and urban development of Isa town during that time. 4) Compilation and edition of the study results, in terms of land use maps, land use changes, roads and transport network. The findings of the study were: 1) The three generated land use maps (1977, 1991, 2005) show the town urban planning development as well as land use categories, which include residential, roads and transport, recreational facilities, religious, commercial, educational ser-vices, infrastructure and government buildings. 2) The land use changes occurred between the years 1977 and 1991 (14 years) shows an increase in all land use categories mainly residential (298 ha) followed by roads and transport (212 ha), education (38 ha), commercial (29 ha), recreation (26 ha), government buildings (10 ha) and religious (5 ha). 3) The land use changes that occurred between the years 1991 and 2005 (14 years) shows also an increasing trend in all land use categories, but with lower rate than the previous period (1977-1991): residential (112 ha) followed by transport (18 ha), education (12 ha), religious (7 ha), commercial (5 ha), recreation and government buildings (3 ha) each. 4) The analysis of spatial and temporal data for the year (2005) shows that residential is the main function of Isa town, which occupies 51.0% of the planned area, followed by education (7.0%), recreation (5.3%), and commercial (3.2%). 5) The roads and transport network is crowded and this leads to high road density, which occupies 26.5% of the total area, due to the coexistence of different services within the design. 6) The present Isa town urban planning does not conform to the original urban plan proposed by the Ministry of Housing in 1963. It shows a combination of two different models: the Gridiron Plan, and the Linear Model. 7) The flaws in the urban planning design leads to many environmental and socio-economical problems, which are mainly re-lated to urban expansion, longer journey to work, transport congestion, and urban pollution. The study proposed the following recommendations: b. Re-planning of road network to better organize the town entrance and establish the external and circular roads to ensure access to all parts of the town. Furthermore, avoid passing of traffic through the town centre by streamlining major roads and underpasses, and use of public transport. a. Discontinue the horizontal expansion plans, and establish new vertical blocks around Isa town to decrease the pressure on the land
关键词：Urban Planning; Land Use; GIS; Isa Town; Bahrain
