Spatio-temporal landscape modelling for natural hazard vulnerability analysis in select watersheds of Central Western Ghats

T. V. Ramachandra *, Senior Member, IEEE, Anindita Dasgupta, Uttam Kumar, Student Member, IEEE,
Bharath H Aithal, Student Member, IEEE, P. G. Diwakar and N. V. Joshi

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

This research was carried out with the financial assistance from Karnataka Biodiversity Board and ISRO -IISc Space Technology Cell (initial work during 2007-2010). The environmental layers were obtained from WorldClim - Global Climate Data. NRSA, Hyderabad provided the LISS IV data used for land cover analysis. We thank USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center for providing the environmental layers and Global Land Cover Facility (GLCF) for facilitating the Landsat images and Land Cover Change product.

Citation: T. V. Ramachandra, Anindita Dasgupta, Uttam Kumar, Bharath H Aithal, P. G. Diwakar and N. V. Joshi , 2010, Spatio-temporal landscape modelling for natural hazard vulnerability analysis in select watersheds of Central Western Ghats. ISTC/BES/TVR/205 (2007-2010), pp. 192 - 202.

* T. V. Ramachandra is with the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Centre for Sustainable Technologies and Centre for Infrastructure, Sustainable Transport and Urban Planning, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
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Anindita Dasgupta is with the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
(e-mail: anindita_dasgupta@ces.iisc. ernet.in)

Uttam Kumar is with the Department of Management Studies and Centre for Sustainable Technologies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. (e-mail: uttam@ces.iisc.ernet.in)

Bharath H Aithal is with the Centre for Sustainable Technologies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
(e mail: bharath@ces.iisc.ernet.in)

P. G. Diwakar is with the RRSSC, Indian Space Research Organization, Department of Space, Government of India, Banashanakari, Bangalore 70. (e-mail: diwakar@isro.gov.in)

N. V. Joshi is with the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
(e-mail: nvjoshi@ces.iiec.ernet.in )