CONCLUSION

Karnataka is  building  a  new strategy that is  helpful  for  tier 2 cities development,  but  poses  a  challenge  to develop the city in a planned manner and avoid sprawl in the outskirts.  To scientifically understand the process of growth of the cities is critical to avoid drastic irreversible landscape transformations. The  combined  methods  of  remote  sensing,  land  cover  and land use change, are  effective  decision-support  tools  to analyze  and  compare  the  impacts  of  classical  urban  sprawl patterns  in Mysore. There has been an enormous growth in built-up area during 1999 to 2009 it can be observed that there was 514% of growth from 1999 to 2010 whereas growth of built up was 1685 % in past four decades. Vegetation cover declined by 923% in past four decades. Other category also had an enormous increase and covers 166 % of the land use. The drastic land cover transformations necessitate an effective adaptive plans  and  schemes  to mitigate the impacts and  to  improve  conditions of the cities. Visulaisation of the growth considering cultural and industrial evolution helps in the better planning and decision making.