Urban Growth Patterns in India-Spatial Analysis for Sustainable Development PDF
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Urban Growth Patterns in India Urban Growth Patterns in India Spatial Analysis for Sustainable Development Bharath H. Aithal and T. V. Ramachandra With the collaboration of Chandan M. C. Nimish G. Vinay S. Aishwarya N. by CRC Press 6000 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300, Boca Raton, FL 33487-2742 and by CRC Press 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN © 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC CRC Press is an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, LLC International Standard Book Number-13: 978-0-367-22521-6 (Hardback) Reasonable efforts have been made to publish reliable data and information, but the author and publisher cannot assume responsibility for the validity of all materials or the consequences of their use. The authors and publishers have attempted to trace the copyright holders of all material repro- duced in this publication and apologize to copyright holders if permission to publish in this form has not been obtained. If any copyright material has not been acknowledged please write and let us know so we may rectify in any future reprint. Except as permitted under U.S. Copyright Law, no part of this book may be reprinted, reproduced, transmitted, or utilized in any form by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying, microflming, and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without written permission from the publishers. For permission to photocopy or use material electronically from this work, access www.copyright. com or contact the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, 978-750-8400. For works that are not available on CCC please contact mpkbookspermissions@ tandf.co.uk Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identifcation and explanation without intent to infringe. Visit the Taylor & Francis Web site at http://www.taylorandfrancis.com and the CRC Press Web site at http://www.crcpress.com Dedicated to The Society & My Teachers, Parents, Brother, and Friends —Bharath H. Aithal Disclaimer The views expressed in this book are those of the authors and do not neces- sarily refect the views or policies of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. Bharath H. Aithal vii Contents Preface ......................................................................................................................xi Acknowledgements ............................................................................................ xiii Authors ...................................................................................................................xv 1 Landscape Dynamics: An Introduction .....................................................1 M. C. Chandan, Bharath H. Aithal and T. V. Ramachandra 2 Quantifcation of Greenhouse Gas Footprint ......................................... 19 G. Nimish, Bharath H. Aithal and T. V. Ramachandra 3 Land Use and Land Cover Dynamics: Synthesis of Spatio-Temporal Patterns ............................................................................39 M. C. Chandan, Bharath H. Aithal and T. V. Ramachandra 4 Spatial Metrics: Tool for Understanding Spatial Patterns of Land Use and Land Cover Dynamics ....................................................... 61 M. C. Chandan, Bharath H. Aithal and T. V. Ramachandra 5 Land Use Modelling: Future Research, Directions and Planning ..... 81 M. C. Chandan, Bharath H. Aithal and T. V. Ramachandra 6 Current Trends in Estimation of Land Surface Temperature Using Passive Remote Sensing Data ...................................................... 107 G. Nimish, Bharath H. Aithal and T. V. Ramachandra 7 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Disaster Mitigation in Flood-Prone Regions of India .................................................................. 127 Narendr Aishwarya, Bharath H. Aithal and T. V. Ramachandra 8 Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS) for Urban Planning ......... 149 T. V. Ramachandra, Vinay Shivamurthy and Bharath H. Aithal Index ..................................................................................................................... 173 ix
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