... and absorptive capacity So the IS will be one land cover category for indicating the urban area in this study In digital interpretation, the confusion of the bare land, moisture land and urban ... and East of the city and along the main roads Fig shows the trend of urban IS development with a strong slope between 1998 and 2006, indicating that Ho Chi Minh City is becoming a mega city in ... replacing natural vegetation with non-evaporating, non-transpirating surfaces such as impermeable stone, metal and concrete The agricultural land with grown crops in suburban areas has the lower temperature...