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

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 148, Issue , 2015, Pages 67-81

  Ramachandra, T V ^a   Bharath, A H ^a   Sowmyashree, M V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Delhi; Remote sensing; Spatial metrics; Urban sprawl; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; POPULATION STATISTICS; URBAN GROWTH; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

DELHI; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES; MEGACITIES; REMOTE-SENSING; SPATIAL METRICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS; URBAN SPRAWL; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION RESOURCES; WATERS RESOURCES;

REMOTE SENSING;

ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAND USE CHANGE; MEGACITY; NATURAL RESOURCE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CITY; DENSITY GRADIENT; ECOLOGY; ENTROPY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; INDIA; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; MIGRATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; REMOTE SENSING; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; SPACE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

DELHI; INDIA;

CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INDIA; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84918582780     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.02.015     Document Type: Article

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