Spatial patterns of urbanization in Mysore: Emerging Tier II City in Karnataka

Bharath H. Aithal², Bharath Setturu¹, Sreekantha S³, Sanna Durgappa D² and T. V. Ramachandra^1,2,3

¹ Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, ² Centre for Sustainable Technologies (astra),
³ Centre for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning [CiSTUP]
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, India
E-mail: cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in

MATERIALS USED

Table 1. Materials used in Analysis

Remote sensing data	Year	Purpose
Landsat Series Multispectral sensor (57.5m)	1973	Land cover and Land use analysis
Landsat Series Thematic mapper (28.5m) and Enhanced Thematic Mapper sensors	1989, 1999,	land cover and Land use analysis
IRS p6: Liss-4 MX data (5.6m)	2009	land cover and Land use analysis (Last two circles data missing)
Survey of India (SOI) toposheets of 1:50000 and 1:250000 scales		To Generate boundary and Base layer maps.
Field visit data –captured using GPS		For geo-correcting and generating validation dataset

Citation: Bharath H. Aithal, Bharath Setturu, Sreekantha S, Sanna Durgappa D and T. V. Ramachandra, 2012. Spatial patterns of urbanization in Mysore: Emerging Tier II City in Karnataka., Proceedings of NRSC User Interaction Meet- 2012, 16^th & 17^th, February 2012, Hyderabad.

* Corresponding Author :
	Dr. T.V. Ramachandra Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, INDIA. Tel : 91-80-23600985 / 22932506 / 22933099, Fax : 91-80-23601428 / 23600085 / 23600683 [CES-TVR] E-mail : cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in, energy@ces.iisc.ernet.in, Web : http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/energy

Dr. T.V. Ramachandra
Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Centre for Sustainable Technologies (astra), Centre for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning [CiSTUP], Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, INDIA.
E-mail : cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in
Tel: 91-080-22933099/23600985, Fax: 91-080-23601428/23600085
Web: http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/energy

Bharath H. Aithal
Centre for Sustainable Technologies (astra), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012
E-mail: bharath@ces.iisc.ernet.in

Bharath Setturu
Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012
E-mail: settur@ces.iisc.ernet.in

Sreekantha S
Centre for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning [CiSTUP], Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012
E-mail: sreekantha.s.rao@gmail.com

Sanna Durgappa D
Centre for Sustainable Technologies (astra), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012

* Corresponding Author :
	Dr. T.V. Ramachandra Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, INDIA. Tel : 91-80-23600985 / 22932506 / 22933099 Fax : 91-80-23601428 / 23600085 / 23600683 [CES-TVR] E-mail : cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in, energy@ces.iisc.ernet.in, Web : http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/energy