Urban Morphology and Nighttime Lights: A Spatial Modelling Study in Pasuruan Regency

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10.2991/978-94-6463-920-9_3How to use a DOI?

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Urban Morphology; Urban Planning; Nighttime Lights

Abstract

A city's morphology can illustrate its characteristics, spatial structure, and growth tendencies. Nighttime light (NTL) satellite imagery is one of the methods that can be used to illusionize the center and sub-center of the city through the emission of light in the image. This study aims to describe the spatial modeling of urban morphology in Pasuruan Regency using the Visible and Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) sensor, one of the sensors carried by the Suomi-NPP satellite (National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project), and followed by clockboard-zone analysis. The analysis was carried out by overlaying the night image and the city road network and depicting it in the analysis of clockboard zones. VIIRS-NTL combined with clockboard-zone analysis is rarely applied to find urban morphology. The results of the study show that Pasuruan Regency has a continuous radial-concentric city morphology type with the highest light emission value in Gempol District of 11.45 nW/cm2·sr and the lowest light emission value in Lumbang District of 0.61 nW/cm2·sr. The type of morphology of Pasuruan Regency is radially oriented, with the highest beam center not in the central part of the Regency but in the northwest. These insights support urban planning by guiding zoning updates, prioritizing transport corridors, and calibrating polycentric development strategies with observed nighttime economic activity, enabling more targeted and equitable infrastructure investments.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Prasetiyo Prasetiyo
AU  - Ratih Novi Listyawati
AU  - Rindang Alfiah
AU  - Loetvy Wahyuningtyas
AU  - Syavitri Sukma Utami Rambe
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/12/15
TI  - Urban Morphology and Nighttime Lights: A Spatial Modelling Study in Pasuruan Regency
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Recent Innovations in Sustainable Engineering Solutions 2025 (ICONRISES 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 14
EP  - 23
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-920-9_3
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-920-9_3
ID  - Prasetiyo2025
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