This document provides an overview of using geospatial data and urban growth modeling for evidence-based decision making in smart cities. It discusses using satellite imagery and classification techniques to model urban growth over time. A hidden Markov model is proposed that incorporates temporal factors like GDP and interest rates to better predict land use and land cover changes. A case study of modeling urban growth in Pune, India from 2001-2014 is presented using Landsat satellite imagery and temporal data on economic and population indicators.
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