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Remote Sensing and G.I.S. for efficient Urban Planning
D. P. Tiwari
IAS, Commissioner,
Town & Country Planning, Madhya Pradesh
E-5/50-A, Arera Colony, Bhopal 462 016, INDIA
Email : tiwari_dp@hotmail.com
Introduction
The urban areas in the developing world are under constant pressure of a growing population. Indian cities are experiencing an accelerated pace of growth since independence. Cities are now emerging as centers of domestic & international investments in an era of economic reforms, liberalisation and globalization. This has created opportunities for technologists and planning professionals to guide and develop the process of planned development and management.
Efficient urban information system is a vital pre-requisite for planned development. The increasing demands in urban planning and management sectors call for co-ordinate application of Remote sensing and Geographic Information System(GIS) for sustainable development of Urban areas. There is an urgent need to adopt Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System approach in urban development. and monitoring process for implementing pragmatic plan of Urban development. The plan must incorporate an integrated approach of spatial modeling using Remote Sensing Data, GIS database and GPS solutions. This helps in evolving efficient and economical models for development and location of industries, education, housing, water supply, service facility and disposal system etc.
The availability of high resolution data from IRS –1C and 1D satellites has revolutionized the process of thematic mapping and spatial data base creation, specially, in the context of urban and regional planning. Whereas the technologies such as GIS has emerged as a powerful tool in integrating and analyzing the various thematic layers alongwith attribute information to create various planning scenarios for decision making . Remote Sensing (RS) data provides reliable, timely, accurate, and periodic data, while Geographic Information System (GIS) provide various methods of integration tools to create different planning scenarios for decision making. Therefore, the task force on urban and rural studies setup by the Planning Commission suggested the use of RS and GIS techniques for meeting the information and analysis needs of urban areas.
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