Urban Sprawl Modeling using RS and GIS Technique in Kirtipur Municipality

Authors

  • Bikash Kumar Karna Survey Officer, Topographical Survey Branch, Survey Department, Kathmandu
  • Umesh Kumar Mandal Associate Professor, Central Department of Geography, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur
  • Ashutosh Bhardwaj Scientist/Engineer, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/njg.v12i0.9073

Keywords:

Urban Sprawl, Urban dynamics, Multi-criteria Evaluation, CA-Markov

Abstract

Urban sprawl refers to the urbanization extent, which is mainly caused by population growth and large scale migration and it is a global phenomenon. In developing countries like Nepal, where the population growth and internal migration rate in urban area is high, it has posed serious implication on the resources of the region. Effective and efficient infrastructure planning of an urban environment require information related to the rate of urban growth along with its trend, pattern and extent of urban sprawl. The pattern and extent of urban sprawl is identified and modeled using remotely sensed data along with collateral data. RS and GIS are used to analyze and interpret the urban land use changes. Cellular Automate Markov (CA-Markov) process is used to urban sprawl modeling to identify possible pattern of sprawl and subsequently predict the nature of future sprawl

Nepalese Journal on Geoinformatics -12, 2070 (2013AD): 50-56

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Published

2013-10-31

How to Cite

Karna, B. K., Mandal, U. K., & Bhardwaj, A. (2013). Urban Sprawl Modeling using RS and GIS Technique in Kirtipur Municipality. Journal on Geoinformatics, Nepal, 12, 50–56. https://doi.org/10.3126/njg.v12i0.9073

Issue

Vol. 12 (2013)

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