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Spatio temporal patterns of urban growth in Bellary, Tier II City of Karnataka State, India
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T.V. Ramachandra1,2,3,*                    Bharath H. Aithal1,2
1Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences [CES], 2Centre for Sustainable Technologies (astra), 3Centre for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning [CiSTUP], Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560012, India.
*Corresponding author: cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in

STUDY AREA

Bellary city is located at Latitude 15° 9' Longitude 76° 55' 60E in Karnataka State, India with a jurisdiction of about 82 Sq. Km (Figure 1). . Population is about 0.4 million as per recent 2011 population census (provisional). Gadag borders on the west, Andhra Pradesh on the East, Chitradurga and Davangere on the south and Raichur on the north. Temperature ranges from 25°c to 45°c and mean annual rainfall is about 700mm. The city is a hub industrial activities and is one of the major centers in the production of textiles in the country. Spatial extent of Bellary city is about 6km radius, and 4 km circular buffer is considered from the boundary for the analysis of spatio-temporal dynamics.


Figure 1: Study Area. Bellary City and 4 km buffer considered

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Citation : Ramachandra. T.V. and Bharath H. Aithal, 2013, Spatio temporal patterns of urban growth in Bellary, Tier II City of Karnataka State, India., International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Computational and Applied Sciences (IJETCAS), 3(2), Dec.12-Feb.13, pp.201-212.
* Corresponding Author :
Dr. T.V. Ramachandra
Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, India.
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