Historical Urban Growth Trends Around Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

Abstract : Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, is experiencing increased pressure on its military mission activities due to the development or placement of land uses near the installation boundaries. The new land uses, often described as "urban encroachment," may in some way conflict with the ongoing activities at an installation. To begin to deal with this issue, it is useful to clearly establish the historical urban growth in areas surrounding a military installation. In this study, development in each decade since the establishment in 1941 of MCB Camp Lejeune has been traced using growth information and recent advances in computer analysis techniques based on remotely sensed satellite data to establish a scientifically derived baseline of growth near the installation.