Urban structure in Kolkata: metrics and modelling through geo-informatics

Applied Geomatics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 229-244

  Ramachandra, T V ^a,b,c   Aithal, Bharath H ^a,b   Sowmyashree, M V ^a  

^a Energy and Wetlands Research Group   (India)

^b Centre for Sustainable Technologies ^*  (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Kolkata; Remote sensing; Spatial metrics; Urban pattern; Urban sprawl; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

INFORMATICS; MODELING; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN MORPHOLOGY; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

INDIA; KOLKATA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 84919950223     PISSN: 18669298     EISSN: 1866928X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12518-014-0135-y     Document Type: Article

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