... VNUJournal of Science,EarthSciences24(2008)104‐111104 Research on the effect of urban expansion on agricultural land in Ho Chi Minh City by using remote sensing method TranThiVan*InstituteforEnvironmentandResources,VNU‐HCMCReceived11April2008;received in revisedform13July2008Abstract. Ho Chi Minh City isaone of the biggestcities of Vietnam.Before1945,therewereabout400,000inhabitantsliving in the city. During the lasttwodecades,itbecame the ... Engineering and Remote Sensing 61(1995)993.[5] Institute of Economic Research andDepartment of Culture and Information of Ho Chi Minh City, Economic of Ho Chi Minh City ‐30 ... growthprocess,anditsimpact on the land usedistribution in the northernpart of Ho Chi Minh City. Keywords: Agricultural land; GIS; Remote sensing; Suburban; Urban expansion. 1.Introduction*Over the world, the cities cover onlyabout...