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Identification of Desakota Region and Urban Growth Analysis in Patna City, India Using Remote Sensing Data and GIS

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In India, the urban population is likely to be 40% of its total population by the year 2030. In such a scenario, managing urban areas is a challenge for planners in terms of developing sustainable infrastructures and addressing environmental issues. The transitional areas in the surroundings of the peripheral region of large and growing cities are called Desakota. Monitoring of such areas is essential as these provide the foundation for future urban establishments. This study tried to identify and assess the peripheral growth of Patna city, a megacity of the state of Bihar in India together with new developing urban areas by applying well-established image classification techniques on the multi-temporal Landsat satellite images of the years 1995, 2005 and 2015. Analysis of the LULC revealed a significant built-up growth in an elongated shape preferably on the upland areas. We also observed an increase in vegetation class area which is in fact due to the increased practice of agricultural plantation in low-lying areas and along the river course. Moreover, the study identified the Desakota regions for different periods, mainly along the major roads in the periphery of the city. The results were validated in the field using GPS based field survey.

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Acknowledgments

Authors are thankful to Birla Institute of Technology (BIT, Mesra, Ranchi) for constant encouragement and providing necessary facility to carry out this research. We thank USGS Earth Explorer for providing free downloadable Landsat series of satellite data. We also acknowledge the critical review comments provided by anonymous reviewer.

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    Baddiuzaman Khan, V. S. Rathore & A. P. Krishna

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Block map of Patna district (PNG 598 kb)

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Block wise population density map of Patna district, 1991 (PNG 1826 kb)

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Block wise population density map of Patna district, 2001 (PNG 1835 kb)

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Block wise population density map of Patna district, 2011 (PNG 1717 kb)

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Khan, B., Rathore, V.S. & Krishna, A.P. Identification of Desakota Region and Urban Growth Analysis in Patna City, India Using Remote Sensing Data and GIS. J Indian Soc Remote Sens 49, 935–945 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-020-01248-8

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