Nguyen Thi Mai Dung creator Borne, Frederic Chairperson Samarakoon, Lal Examination Committee Yokoyama, Ryuzo Examination Committee Pham Van Cu Examination committee The Government of Japan (JICA) Scholarship donor text series technical report th Pathum Thani, Thailand Asian Institute of Technology 2003 continuing eng 73 leaves The basis of this study comprises the multitemporal classification of Landsat imagery to detect, delineate, and map the conversion of land use in Dong Anh district, Hanoi, 1992 - 2001. Thus, the aim of this study was to produce both current and past land use and land cover maps of this areas from recent and historic satellite imagery spanning the period of study to detect and map this land conversion. The land use category includes agricultural, urban areas, bare land and water body, and it was monitor through a nested hierarchy of land cover. Tasseled Cap Transformation techniques are applied to extract the land cover map. The linkage between land use change and socioeconomic data to understand patterns of development also was studied. Field assessments confirm a high overall accuracy of the land use change map (85 %). Results indicate that urban areas have increased while the agricultural lands have decreased between 1992 and 2001. A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Advanced Technoologies Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2003 Land use, Urban Vietnam Hanoi Asian Institute of Technology. http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B08855 http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B08855 040820 20260817172434.0