Determination of Urban Sprawl Effects on Farmlands Value Using GIS

Abstract

This paper presents to determine urban sprawl boundaries and thefactors of affecting farmland value in urban sprawl. Urban sprawl indexis calculated to identify its boundaries and Analytic Hierarchic ProcessMethod is used for determined to weight for the factors. By using theseweights in the Geographic Information System (GIS) technology, thevalue map is created. We illustrate that the farmlands in urban sprawlslost their properties and transformed into urban lands. The analysesrevealed that farm criteria have no effect on the lands in urban sprawl.Both urban and rural solutions should be improved in order to preventthe abuse of fertile farmlands that occurred as a result of urban sprawl.