Overview
- Takes a unique look at the urban growth and sprawl of Kolkata, India, by using temporal satellite imageswith 10 year intervals, starting with 1980
- Helpful in providing local authorities to establish and evaluate development goals in terms of social and other infrastructure equipments considering the threats of urban sprawl in achieving sustainable development
- The book shows the potentials of remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for the analysis of urban growth and sprawl in spatio-temporal scales
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Geography (BRIEFSGEOGRAPHY)
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Table of contents(5 chapters)
About this book
This book documents research conducted on the analysis of urban growth and sprawl by using remote sensing data and GIS techniques. The research was conducted between 1980-2010 in the city of Kolkata, India. The aim of the research was to use metrics that were less demanding in terms of data and computation than normal metrics. However, it has been found that most of them were inferior in capturing insights of urban sprawl. For this book, some of these metrics have therefore been modified and new ones are proposed. The research focuses on problems associated with the analysis of urban growth by using remote sensing data from a technological perspective.
Authors and Affiliations
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Dept. Computer Science & Engineering, Computer Aided Design Centre, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
Basudeb Bhatta
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Urban Growth Analysis and Remote Sensing
Book Subtitle: A Case Study of Kolkata, India 1980–2010
Authors: Basudeb Bhatta
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Geography
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4698-5
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-4697-8Published: 22 June 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-4698-5Published: 19 June 2012
Series ISSN: 2211-4165
Series E-ISSN: 2211-4173
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 103
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 13 illustrations in colour
Topics: Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry, Geographical Information Systems/Cartography, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Human Geography, Demography