Data Collection
The data collection was carried out in two phases. This involved primary data collection and secondary data collection. The nature of these data and their source are shown in Table 1
Table 1: primary and secondary data details for the study area
| Segment |
Mysore Bangalore |
source |
| Primary data |
Toposheets No.
57 H/2, 57 H/5, 57 H/6, 57 H/9, 57 D/11, 57 D/14, and 57 D/15 |
survey of India, scale 1:50000 |
Satellite Imagery – liss3;
Path: 100 Row: 64 &
PAth: 99 ROw: 65 |
National REmote Sensing Agency (NRSA) |
| secondary data |
demographic details from primary census abstracts for 1971, 1981 & 1991 |
directorate of census operations, census of india |
village maps for taluks, viz.
bangalore South, Bangalore North, Ramanagaram, Channapatna, Maddur, Mandya, Srirangapatna,
Mysore |
directorate of survey settlement and land records, government of karnataka |
The Survey of India toposheet of 1:50000 scale was used for the current study, which has the following features:
- Drainage, water bodies, irrigation systems;
- Contours;
- Built-up area;
- Roads and rail network;
- Administrative boundaries
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