Urban Growth Analysis and Remote Sensing: A Case Study of Kolkata, India 1980-2010

By Basudeb Bhatta

Introduction.-
-Background.-
-Significance.-
-Objectives.-
-Research Questions.-
-Methodological Overview.-
Review of Literature.-
-Urban Growth and Sprawl.-
-Physical Patterns and Forms of Urban Growth and Sprawl.-
-Temporal Process of Urban Growth and Sprawl.-
-Remote Sensing for the Analysis of Urban Growth and Sprawl.-
-Measurement and Analysis of Urban Growth and Sprawl.-
-Administrative versus Natural Boundary for the Analysis.-
-Determining the Natural Boundary of the City.-
-Subdivision of Natural City Extent.
-Similar Studies in India.-
-Similar Studies on Kolkata.-
-Scope of the Research.-
Methodology.-
-Data.-
-Software Used.-
-Image Registration.-
-Encoding Hardcopy Map.-
-Encoding Vector Maps.-
-Image Classification.-
-Assessment of Classification Accuracy.-
-Subsetting of Remote Sensing Data.-
-Determining the Natural Boundary of the City.-
-Subdivision of Natural City Extent.-
-Calculating the Built-up Area.-
-Generation of KMC Boundary.-
-Analysis Based on Administrative Boundary.-
-Analysis Based on Natural Boundary.-
-City of Kolkata.-
Result and Discussion.-
-Classified Imagery and Change Map.-
-Results from Analysis-Based on Administrative Boundary.-
-Results from Analysis-Based on Natural Boundary.-
-Comparison of Sprawl Analyses.-
-Degree of Freedom and Goodness.-
-Boundary of the city.-
-Application of the Results.-
-Limitations of the Research.-
Conclusions.-
-Conclusions.-
-Scope of Future Research.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400746970
• ISBN13: 9789400746978
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 103 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 8.9"