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Land Use
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Operational Urban Sprawl Monitoring using Satellite
Remote Sensing: Excerpts from the Studies of Ahmedabad, Vadodara and Surat, India*
Discussion
The dense built-up (the urban core) encircling the moderate built-up (outer urban), spare built-up (peripheral suburbs) and the industrial sites lying mostly outside the city limits are the distinct characteristics in all the there cities. Mostly the recreational areas, such as parks and gardens are of older origin (except stadiums in the outer urban zone). Public/semi-Public/ Educational institutions lie also in the inner/outer urban. The sprawling of residential built-up area towards the outer peripheral industrial zones as well as all along the transportation network as well as toward industrial nodes. The present urban from also.
includes the emergence of isolated residential suburbs bordering the metropolitan limits in case of Ahmedabad and Vadobara. In case of Surat ribbon development was observed. The spital association of broader land use zones mapped in all these cities reveal the new trends of emergence transportation network in case of Surat and Ahmedabad. Viz..( adistnct departure from the old fortified walled cities) altogether may lead to the formation of 'tar-like' rban structure with the tiny urban core and the sprawling suburbs.
Acknowledgements
This paper is a revised of the paper presented at the annual meet of National Association of Geographers India during 1992 with appropriate permission from the ISRO authorities. Author wishes to thank Dr. Baldav Sahai (Ex Deputy Director, Remote Sensing) for encouragement and guidance thorught the study. Dr. R.R. Navalagund, Group Director, RSAG/RSA, Dr.A. Narian, head, Marine and Water Resources Division, reserves my gratefulness and thanks for his keen interest and suggestions throughout this work. Thanks are due to Dr. Pravan .S.Desai, Head Meteorology & Oceanography Division, for his comments, suggestions and inputs. Thanks are also to RM pandya and his colleagues for timely help. Dr.(Mrs). Anjana P.Desai, enthusiastic guidance and imputes is gratefully acknowledgement
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