Monitoring urbanization and its implications in a mega city from space: Spatiotemporal patterns with indicators

T.V. Ramachandra^1,2,3, Bharath H. Aithal^1,2 and Sowmyashree M.V.¹

¹Energy and Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences [CES], ²Centre for Sustainable Technologies, ³Centre for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning (CiSTUP), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560012, India.
*Corresponding author: cestvr@ces.iisc.ac.in

Abstract

Introduction

Data used

Materials and Methods

Results and discussion

Conclusions

References

Data used

Table 2: Temporal spatial data used in the Analysis

DATA	Year	Purpose
Landsat Series Multispectral sensor(57.5m)	1973	Landcover and Land use analysis
Landsat Series Thematic mapper (28.5m) and Enhanced Thematic Mapper sensors	1980, 1998, 2010	Landcover and Land use analysis
Survey of India (SOI) toposheets of 1:50000 and 1:250000 scales		To Generate boundary and Base layer maps.
Field visit data –captured using GPS		For geo-correcting and generating validation dataset

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Citation : Ramachandra T.V., Bharath H. Aithal and Sowmyashree M.V. (2014), Monitoring urbanization and its implications in a m ega city from space: Spatiotemporal patterns and its indicators, Journal of Environmental Management (2014), pp:1-15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.02.015

* Corresponding Author :
	Dr. T.V. Ramachandra Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, India. Tel : +91-80-2293 3099/2293 3503 [extn - 107], Fax : 91-80-23601428 / 23600085 / 23600683 [CES-TVR] E-mail : cestvr@ces.iisc.ac.in, energy@ces.iisc.ac.in, Web : http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ac.in/energy, http://ces.iisc.ac.in/grass

Dr. T.V. Ramachandra
Centre for Sustainable Technologies,
Centre for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning (CiSTUP),
Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, INDIA.
E-mail : cestvr@ces.iisc.ac.in
Tel: 91-080-22933099/22933503 (extn 107)
Fax: 91-080-23601428/23600085
Web: http://ces.iisc.ac.in/energy

Contact Address :
	Dr. T.V. Ramachandra Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences [CES], TE 15, 3^rd Floor, E wing, New Bioscience Building [Near D Gate], Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, INDIA. Tel : +91-80-2293 3099/2293 3503 - extn 107 Fax : 91-80-23601428 / 23600085 / 23600683 [CES-TVR] E-mail : cestvr@ces.iisc.ac.in, energy@ces.iisc.ac.in, Web : http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ac.in/energy