The Impact of Urbanization In Austin Texas and Surrounding Counties
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The Impact of Urbanization In Austin Texas and Surrounding CountiesAn analysis of land use and development
Bryant ChambersUniversity of Texas, AustinGIS in water resourcing Fall 2011
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ObjectivesExamine land use change for:
◦Patterns of change◦How did change occur
Develop %impervious cover at the subwatershed level
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2001
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2006
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01-06 Total Change
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2 digit value YX • Y is old value• X is new value
4 digit value YYXX • Y is old value• X is new value
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How did things change?
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2.119409% was inter-category change
0.0440% was intra-category change
92% of the intra-category change was an increase in developed impermeable land
22.55% of inter-category change was an increase in developed impermeable land
Inter-category change
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How have urban centers developed?
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199220012006
Combined Map of Development1992, 2001, and 2006
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Remaining workIdentify percent impervious land
cover in local subwatersheds Identify subwatersheds with greater than
10% impervious cover
Identify which subwatersheds experienced largest increases over 14 year period
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Questions?
9Taken from xkcd.org by Randall Munroe 11/16/11