TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bhatta,B.
TI  - Urban growth analysis and remote sensing: a case study of Kolkata, India 1980-2010 
T2  - SpringerBriefs in geography,
SN  - 9789400746985
AV  - HT147.I5 B43 2012
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Dordrecht, New York
PB  - Springer
KW  - Cities and towns
KW  - India
KW  - Calcutta
KW  - Growth
KW  - Remote sensing
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Calcutta (India)
KW  - Geography
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction --; Review of Literature --; Methodology --; Results and Discussion --; Conclusions
N2  - 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
ER  -