URBAN FOOTPRINT OF MUMBAI - THE COMMERCIAL CAPITAL OF INDIA

Ramachandra. T.V 1,2,3,*, Bharath H. Aithal2, Sowmyashree M.V1
1Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Center for Ecological Sciences [CES]
2Centre for Sustainable Technologies (astra)
3Centre for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning [CiSTUP] Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560 012, India
*Corresponding Author: cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in
Citation: Ramachandra T. V., Bharath H. A. and Sowmyashree M. V., 2014. Urban footprint of Mumbai - the commercial capital of India, Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis, VI (1):  71– 94

Acknowlegement

We are grateful to NRDMS Division, The Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India; ISRO-IISc Space Technology Cell, Indian Institute of Science; Centre for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning (CiSTUP), Indian Institute of Science for the financial and infrastructure support.  Remote sensing data were downloaded from public domain (http://glcf.umiacs.umd.edu/data). We thank Mr. Susanto Sen for language editing of the manuscript and for useful suggestions
* Corresponding Author :
  Dr. T.V. Ramachandra
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