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Intra and Inter Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Urbanisation in Indian Megacities |
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H. A. Bharath 1, 4, * M.C. Chandan 4 S. Vinay 1 T. V.Ramachandra 1, 2 ,3
1Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Center for Ecological Sciences [CES]
2 Centre for Sustainable Technologies (astra)
3 Centre for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning [CiSTUP] Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560 012, India; email: tvr@iisc.ac.in ;
4 RCGSIDM, IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, 721302, India
*Corresponding author: bhaithal@iitkgp.ac.in
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Study Area
According to Census of India 2001, there were about 35 cities in India, and now increased to 48 cities (census, 2011). Among these, five cities namely Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore and Chennai are listed in the top 30 mega cities of the world based on population of > 10 million. (City data, 2010) These Indian macro cities have high population densities with Mumbai growing at 2%, Delhi by 3%, Kolkata by 1.3%, and Chennai by 3%. These cities as illustrated in Figure 1 have population of about 8 million to 14 million (World urbanisation prospects, 2011). Figure 2 depicts the cities chosen for the current investigation of urbanisation apart from understanding the spatial patterns of urbanisation.
Figure 1. Population growth in 4 megacities of India (In millions)
Figure 2. Metropolitan Indian mega cities - Study regions
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Citation : H. A. Bharath, M.C. Chandan, S. Vinay, T. V.Ramachandra, 2017, Intra and Inter Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Urbanisation in Indian Megacities , International Journal of Imaging and Robotic [Formerly known as the "International Journal of Imaging"(ISSN 0974-0627)] Volume 17; Issue No, 2; Year 2017; Int. J. Imag. Robot. ISSN 2231-525X; Copyrigth © 2017 [International Journal of Imaging and Robotics].
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H. A. Bharath
RCGSIDM, IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, 721302, India
E-mail : bhaithal@iitkgp.ac.in |
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