URBAN SPRAWL PATTERN ANALYSIS USING GIS
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Preface
Introduction
Urbanisation and Urban Sprawl
Need for Studying Urban Sprawl
Causes of Urban Sprawl
Urban Sprawl - forms, patterns, types
Urban sprawl - spatial and temporal changes: pattern assessment
GIS, Remote Sensing and Image Processing Techniques
Modelling Aspects
Study Objectives
GIS, REMOTE SENSING, AND IMAGE PROCESSING IN STUDYING URBAN SPRAWL
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Remote Sensing
Image Processing - Restoration, Enhancement, Classification, Transformation
Decision Support System
LITERATURE REVIEW
DESCRIPTION OF STUDY AREA
Study Area 1: The Bangalore - Mysore Highway
Study Area 2: The Tiruchirapalli - Tanjavore - Kumbakonam - Thiruvarur Highway
Study Area 3: The Udupi - Mangalore Highway
DATA COLLECTION - MATERIALS AND METHODS
DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
Measuring Urban Sprawl
Built-up Area as an Indicator of Urban Sprawl
Metrics Of Urban Sprawl
Quantifying Landscape Pattern
Indices of Landscape Configuration
Result and Discussion
Study Area 1: The Bangalore - Mysore Highway
Study Area 2: Tiruchirapalli - Tanjavore - Kumbakonam
Study Area 3: Udupi - Mangalore Highway
Image Analyses for LANDSAT TM Image of 1987
Image Analyses for IRS LISS III Image of 1999
Population Growth and Built-up Area
Metrics of Urban Sprawl
Shannon's Entropy
Patchiness
Map Density
DYNAMICS OF URBAN SPRAWL
Modeling of Urban Sprawl
Predicting Scenarios of Urban Sprawl
CONCLUSION AND SCOPE FOR FURTHER RESEARCH
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
REFERENCES
APPENDIX
Energy
CES
IISc
Envis
Envis Node
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