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Unveiling urban sprawl and sustainable growth: A Geospatial Analysis of Midnapore Kharagpur Development Authority (MKDA), India

    A retrospective perception of the spread and rate of urban growth is imperative for effectively managing urban sprawl. Due to its haphazard nature, urban sprawling usually constitutes one of the primary challenges to smart and sustainable urban growth. This study assesses existing trends as well...

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Published in:GeoJournal 2024-08, Vol.89 (4), p.178, Article 178
Main Authors: Barman, Subhajit, Routh, Arpita, Rana, Dayal, Mahata, Uttam, Bal, Abhinanda, Bhunia, Avishek
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Summary:    A retrospective perception of the spread and rate of urban growth is imperative for effectively managing urban sprawl. Due to its haphazard nature, urban sprawling usually constitutes one of the primary challenges to smart and sustainable urban growth. This study assesses existing trends as well as the future sprawling scenario of MKDA regions from 2001 to 2031. The spatio-temporal database is prepared from Landsat images for the years 2001, 2011,2021, and 2031 with the help of ArcGIS, QGIS, and MS-Excell. The results reveal that the study area has a noticeable rise in urban area from 14.42% in 2001 to 32.32% in 2021 and it would be 42.98% in the year 2031. The Average Annual Urban Expansion Rate (AUER) of the study region is considerably significance (6.08%) for the study period of 2001–2021. Urban sprawling is very fast in the Concentric Buffer Ring (CBR)-1 & CBR-2 for the first two decades but it gradually decreases with the advancement of time. The result of other metrics analyses like the Urban Expansion Intensity Index ( UEII), and Urban Expansion Development Index (UEDI) shows that the core regions are the focal point of urban growth for the first phase of the study, but it spiled towards the peripheral region in the last phase of the study periods with the high magnitude and rapid rate of sprawling in Northern, North-Western, Eastern and Western direction. Finally, potential strategies of action for the planned urban sprawling and sustainable management of the local environment have been put forth.
ISSN:1572-9893
0343-2521
1572-9893
DOI:10.1007/s10708-024-11112-8