Open framework for calculating spatial urban sprawl indices and performing disaggregated population estimates using open data

By employing Remote Sensing techniques, a spatio-temporal assessment of urban expansion in Lahore District between 2000 and 2025 was done in ArcGIS Pro using both unsupervised and supervised image classification. Post-classification change detection was applied to calculate the area and percentage of land covers that converted to built-up.

Vector-based Landscape Metrics