LAND COVER ANALYSIS BY MEANS OF THE CONSTRAINED LEAST SQUARES METHOD USING LANDSAT TM DATA AND GREEN COVER EVALUATION : Case study in the resurrecting area of Kobe city

Abstract

Green cover ratio was estimated by means of the constrained least squares method using Landsat TM data in Higashi-nada area and Nagata area where were greatly damaged by seismic fires just after the great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake. And the relationship between green cover ratio and areas damaged by seismic fires was found out. Estimating methods of green cover environment by using the two dimensional weighted moving average method were proposed, and the results by these methods were compared with each other.