Historical Urban Growth Trends Around Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

Abstract

Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, is experiencing increased pressure on its military mission activities due to the development or placement of land uses near the installation boundaries. The new land uses, often described as "urban encroachment," may in some way conflict with the ongoing activities at an installation. To begin to deal with this issue, it is useful to clearly establish the historical urban growth in areas surrounding a military installation. In this study, development in each decade since the establishment in 1941 of MCB Camp Lejeune has been traced using growth information and recent advances in computer analysis techniques based on remotely sensed satellite data to establish a scientifically derived baseline of growth near the installation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA416301

Entities

People

  • Robert C. Lozar

Organizations

  • Engineer Research and Development Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Boundaries
  • Computers
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Forests
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Geography
  • Information Systems
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Aircraft
  • Neurobehavioral Manifestations
  • North Carolina
  • Remote Sensing
  • Satellite Imaging
  • Technology Transfer
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Economics
  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of Proposed Air Force Base Actions.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.

Technology Areas

  • Space