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This book documents research conducted on the analysis of urban growth and sprawl by using remote sensing data and GIS techniques. The research was conducted between 1980-2010 in the city of Kolkata, India. The aim of the research was to use metrics that were less demanding in terms of data and computation than normal metrics. However, it has been found that most of them were inferior in capturing insights of urban sprawl. For this book, some of these metrics have therefore been modified and new ones are proposed. The research focuses on problems associated with the analysis of urban growth by using remote sensing data from a technological perspective.

Calcutta (India) -- Geography -- Case studies. --- Cities and towns -- India -- Calcutta -- Growth -- Case studies. --- Cities and towns -- India -- Calcutta -- Growth -- Remote sensing -- Case studies. --- Geographical information systems. --- Geography --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Cartography --- Geography-General --- Cities and towns --- Geographic information systems --- Growth. --- Growth --- Remote sensing. --- Geographical information systems --- GIS (Information systems) --- Global cities --- Municipalities --- Towns --- Urban areas --- Urban systems --- Geography. --- Regional planning. --- Urban planning. --- Demography. --- Human geography. --- Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry. --- Geographical Information Systems/Cartography. --- Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning. --- Human Geography. --- Information storage and retrieval systems --- Human settlements --- Sociology, Urban --- Historical demography --- Social sciences --- Population --- Vital statistics --- Anthropo-geography --- Anthropogeography --- Geographical distribution of humans --- Social geography --- Anthropology --- Human ecology --- Regional development --- Regional planning --- State planning --- Land use --- Planning --- City planning --- Landscape protection --- Government policy --- Civic planning --- Land use, Urban --- Model cities --- Redevelopment, Urban --- Slum clearance --- Town planning --- Urban design --- Urban development --- Urban planning --- Art, Municipal --- Civic improvement --- Urban policy --- Urban renewal --- Remote-sensing imagery --- Remote sensing systems --- Remote terrain sensing --- Sensing, Remote --- Terrain sensing, Remote --- Aerial photogrammetry --- Aerospace telemetry --- Detectors --- Space optics --- Management