Feasibility of applying Stratified Systematic Samples in the ability to determine the best destinations for urban expansion around cities using RS+GIS techniques

Abstract

It is well known that the issue of city planning and issuing organizational plans that take into account environmental and economic inserts around cities is a major work of the organizations concerned with urban planning. Surly, the most important of these challenges is firstly random urban expansion, secondly what are the most appropriate geographical directions for organized urban expansion, and third which the best spatial locations within the most appropriate directions. As the second challenge was the focus of this research. The city of Deir Ezzor was chosen for this study for example. In addition, the use of satellite images from Earth Google software with high resolution by helping of SASPlanet software addition to Geographic Information System as a mean of study. While the study method it relied on testing of Stratified Systematic Samples in addition to the neighborhood method in tracking related spatial components up to distance of 3 km. The results of the research means and methods showed very high effectiveness in achieving the required goal. Therefore, we recommend that you generalize the method and means of research to study other cities especially, cities with spatial characteristics in which it is easy to track spatial data directly on the satellite images.