Urbanization in India: Patterns,Visualization of Cities, and Greenhouse Gas Inventory for Developing Urban Observatory
aRCGSIDM, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, India
bEnergy and Wetland Research Group, Centre for Ecological Science, Indian Institute of Science, Karnataka, India
*Corresponding author: bhaithal@iitkgp.ac.in

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    56. Citation : Bharath Haridas Aithal, Mysore Chandrashekar Chandan, Shivamurthy Vinay, T.V. Ramachandra, 2018, Urbanization in India: Patterns, Visualization of Cities, and Greenhouse Gas Inventory for Developing Urban Observatory. CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group 6000 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300 Boca Raton, FL 33487-2742 © 2018 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC CRC Press is an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa business.
    * Corresponding Author :
    Bharath Haridas Aithal
    RCGSIDM, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, India
    Energy and Wetland Research Group, Centre for Ecological Science, Indian Institute of Science, Karnataka, India
    E-mail : bhaithal@iitkgp.ac.in
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