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Online Publication Date: 03 Mar 2011

The Growth of Land Uses in the Medina Region of Saudi Arabia in Light of the Nordbeck Model

Page Range: 139 – 146
DOI: 10.5555/arwg.11.3.g6w03kvv22hx1740
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This study attempts to implement the Nordbeck model to test whether urban growth is balanced with population growth and main land uses in a case study of the Medina region of Saudi Arabia during the period 1986–2004. The study found that the dependent variables (population, residential use, use of the central area, commercial use, and agricultural use) increased between the beginning and the end of the study period, but the amount of these increases varies across dependent variables and among cities. Applying the least-squares model to the given data produced a constant value for the regression relationship between the independent variable (physical growth) and the dependent variables for the years 1986 and 2004; this relationship was stronger in 2004. However, growth rates were far from the balance for most of the land uses addressed in the study.

Cette étude applique le modèle de Nordbeck pour examiner si la croissance urbaine est équilibrée avec la croissance démographique et les principales formes d'utilisation des sols dans la région de Médine en Arabie saoudite durant la période 1987–2004. Cette étude constate que les valeurs de toutes les variables dépendantes (la population, l'usage résidentiel l'usage des zones centrales, l'usage commercial, et l'usage agricole) ont augmenté au cours de la période étudiée, mais que l'amplitude de ces augmentations diffère entre les variables et entre les villes. En appliquant la méthode des moindres carrés aux données, on obtient une valeur constante de la relation de régression entre la variable indépendante (la croissance physique) et les variables dépendantes pour les années 1987 et 2004; et on constate que cette relation est plus forte en 2004. Cependant les taux de croissance sont loin d'être équilibrés pour la plupart des modes d'utilisation des sols étudiés.

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