A combination of qualitative and quantitative analyses of  spatial temporal land use analyses, fragmentation analysis and characterisation of urbanization process through spatial metrics direction wise for each gradients were adopted  for an improved understanding of urbanisation processes in the tier II cities, Megalopolis ofKarnataka, India. Land cover analysis reveals that there was reduction in the vegetation cover during the past two decades in the study regions.

Land use analysis reveals of increase in urban category increased in last two decades. Spatial analysis revealed that land use in the outskirts is fragmented. Shannon’s entropy showed that there was urban sprawl in the outskirts necessitating immediate policy measures to provide infrastructure and basic amenities. Landscape metrics conform of the urban sprawl in the buffer zone, whereas the core area had mix of classes and as we go from the center towards administrative boundary the urban density intensifies. Governmental agencies need to visualize possible growth poles for an effective policy intervention. . Any efforts to do so, however, must take into account the multitude of social, environmental and biophysical realities that will continue to shape the region’s future. Physical urban growth in the region will undoubtedly continue, but it is required that the city planners and developers of all these cities take a note of the situation and plan for further developmental urban activities in a sound, flexible and sustainable way.