Monitoring of urban expansion in Burlington based on remote sensing data

Abstract

Burlington VT has been expanding in the last few decades due to new immigrants moving into the area for opportunities. Accurate and comprehensive data on the landscape, vegetation coverage, and human activities are essential for knowing the current status of the city and its surrounding environment and for planning the future city expansion by the government. The current study employed remote sensing as the currently most advanced method to measure and monitor the landscape changes and urban expansion of the Burlington area between 2015 and 2023. The results from the remote sensing clearly showed that the lake shape changed, the wasteland areas decreased and the human activities expanded in the Burlington area between the year 2015 and the current year. These clear trends supported by the satellite images and the potential correlation between these trends provide valuable information for city regulators to decide how the city should be expanded, how the environment should be protected, and what issues need to be addressed in the future.