Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52284#.VI-PV8nQrzE Author(s) Sami Al Jaber , Amit Kumar Ghosh , Mallik Sezan Mahmud Affiliation(s) Department of Geography and Environment, Faculty of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh . ABSTRACT The spatial land cover pattern of Dhaka city is restlessly altering as it has highest growing rates among megacities. Due to high urbanization rates, land use is changing from natural to man-made along with resource extractions that accelerate the land cover changes. This study has evidently given the glimpse of the raising concern by assessing the loss of vegetation coverage of Dhaka Metropolitan Area using multi-tem...
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