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Epstein J, Payne K, Kramer E (2002) Techniques for mapping suburban sprawl. Photogramm Eng
Remote Sens 63(9):913–918
Farooq S, Ahmad S (2008) Urban sprawl development around Aligarh city: a study aided by satellite remote sensing and GIS. J Indian Soc Remote Sens 36:77–88
Forkuor G, Cofie O (2011) Dynamics of land-use/land-cover change in free town Sierra Leone and
its effects on urban and peri-urban agriculture – a remote sensing approach. Int J Remote Sens
32(4):1017–1037
Gregorio A (2005) Land cover classification system: classification concepts and user manual. Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome
Grimm N, Grove J, Picket S, Redman C (2000) Integrated approaches to long-term studies of
urban ecological system. Bioscience 50(7):571–584
Hedblom M, Soderstrom B (2008) Woodlands across Swedish urban gradients: status, structure
and management implications. Landsc Urban Plan 84(1):62–73
Himiyama Y (2004) The trend, mechanism and impact of urban expansion in Japan. Rep
Taisetsuzan Inst Sci 38:53–60
Iqbal MF, Khan IA (2014) Spatiotemporal land use land cover change analysis and erosion risk
mapping of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. Egypt J Remote Sens Space Sci 17(2):209–229
Jat MK, Garg PK, Khare D (2008) Modelling of urban growth using spatial analysis techniques: a
case study of Ajmer city (India). Int J Remote Sens 29(2):543–567
Jensen J (1996) Introductory digital image processing: a remote sensing perspective. Prentice Hall,
Upper Saddle River
Jothimani P (1997) Operational urban sprawl monitoring using satellite remote sensing: experts
from the studies of Ahmedabad, Vadodara and Surat, India. In: 18th Asian conference on
Remote Sensing held during October 20–24. Malaysia
Kong F, Nakagoshi N (2006) Spatial-temporal gradient analysis of urban green spaces in Jinan,
China. Landsc Urban Plan 78:147–164
Kundu A (2003) Urbanisation and urban governance: search for a perspective beyond neoliberalism. Econ Polit Wkly 38(29):3069–3087
Lambin E (1997) Modelling and monitoring land-cover change process in tropical regions. Prog
Phys Geogr 21:375–393
Liu M, Tian H, Chen G (2008) Effects of land-use and land-cover change on evapotranspiration
and water yield in China during 1900–2000. J Am Water Resour Assoc 44(5):1193–1207
Liu Y, Chen J, Cheng W (2014) Spatiotemporal dynamics of the urban sprawl in a typical urban
agglomeration: a case study on Southern Jiangsu, China (1983–2007). Front Earth Sci
8(4):490–504
Lopez E, Bocco G, Mendoza M, Duhau E (2001) Predicting land cover and land-use change in the
urban fringe: a case in Morelia City, Mexico. Landsc Urban Plan 55:271–285
Lu D, Mausel P, Brondiozio E, Moran E (2004) Change detection techniques. Int Remote Sens
25(12):2365–2407
Mohan M, Pathan S, Narendra RK, Kandya A, Pandey S (2011) Dynamics of urbanization and its
impact on land use/land cover: a case study of megacity Delhi. J Environ Prot 2:1274
Mosammam HM, Nia JT, Khani H, Teymouri A, Kazemi M (2017) Monitoring land use change
and measuring urban sprawl based on its spatial forms the case of Qom city. Egypt J Remote
Sens Space Sci 20:103–116
Mukherjee M (2012) Urban growth and spatial transformation of Kolkata metropolis: a continuation of colonial legacy. ARPN J Sci Technol 2:365–380
Mundia C, Aniya M (2006) Dynamics of land use/land cover change and degradation of Nairobi
city Kenya. Land Degrad Dev 17(1):97–108
Mundia C, Murayama Y (2010) Modelling spatial processes of urban growth in African cities: a
case study of Nairobi City. Urban Geogr 31(2):259–272
Nagendra H, Munrae D, Sourthworth J (2004) From the pattern and process: landscape fragmentation and analysis of land use/cover change. Agric Ecosyst Environ 101(2–3):111–115
9 Population Pressure and Urban Sprawl in Kolkata Metropolitan Area
Epstein J, Payne K, Kramer E (2002) Techniques for mapping suburban sprawl. Photogramm Eng
Remote Sens 63(9):913–918
Farooq S, Ahmad S (2008) Urban sprawl development around Aligarh city: a study aided by satellite remote sensing and GIS. J Indian Soc Remote Sens 36:77–88
Forkuor G, Cofie O (2011) Dynamics of land-use/land-cover change in free town Sierra Leone and
its effects on urban and peri-urban agriculture – a remote sensing approach. Int J Remote Sens
32(4):1017–1037
Gregorio A (2005) Land cover classification system: classification concepts and user manual. Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome
Grimm N, Grove J, Picket S, Redman C (2000) Integrated approaches to long-term studies of
urban ecological system. Bioscience 50(7):571–584
Hedblom M, Soderstrom B (2008) Woodlands across Swedish urban gradients: status, structure
and management implications. Landsc Urban Plan 84(1):62–73
Himiyama Y (2004) The trend, mechanism and impact of urban expansion in Japan. Rep
Taisetsuzan Inst Sci 38:53–60
Iqbal MF, Khan IA (2014) Spatiotemporal land use land cover change analysis and erosion risk
mapping of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. Egypt J Remote Sens Space Sci 17(2):209–229
Jat MK, Garg PK, Khare D (2008) Modelling of urban growth using spatial analysis techniques: a
case study of Ajmer city (India). Int J Remote Sens 29(2):543–567
Jensen J (1996) Introductory digital image processing: a remote sensing perspective. Prentice Hall,
Upper Saddle River
Jothimani P (1997) Operational urban sprawl monitoring using satellite remote sensing: experts
from the studies of Ahmedabad, Vadodara and Surat, India. In: 18th Asian conference on
Remote Sensing held during October 20–24. Malaysia
Kong F, Nakagoshi N (2006) Spatial-temporal gradient analysis of urban green spaces in Jinan,
China. Landsc Urban Plan 78:147–164
Kundu A (2003) Urbanisation and urban governance: search for a perspective beyond neoliberalism. Econ Polit Wkly 38(29):3069–3087
Lambin E (1997) Modelling and monitoring land-cover change process in tropical regions. Prog
Phys Geogr 21:375–393
Liu M, Tian H, Chen G (2008) Effects of land-use and land-cover change on evapotranspiration
and water yield in China during 1900–2000. J Am Water Resour Assoc 44(5):1193–1207
Liu Y, Chen J, Cheng W (2014) Spatiotemporal dynamics of the urban sprawl in a typical urban
agglomeration: a case study on Southern Jiangsu, China (1983–2007). Front Earth Sci
8(4):490–504
Lopez E, Bocco G, Mendoza M, Duhau E (2001) Predicting land cover and land-use change in the
urban fringe: a case in Morelia City, Mexico. Landsc Urban Plan 55:271–285
Lu D, Mausel P, Brondiozio E, Moran E (2004) Change detection techniques. Int Remote Sens
25(12):2365–2407
Mohan M, Pathan S, Narendra RK, Kandya A, Pandey S (2011) Dynamics of urbanization and its
impact on land use/land cover: a case study of megacity Delhi. J Environ Prot 2:1274
Mosammam HM, Nia JT, Khani H, Teymouri A, Kazemi M (2017) Monitoring land use change
and measuring urban sprawl based on its spatial forms the case of Qom city. Egypt J Remote
Sens Space Sci 20:103–116
Mukherjee M (2012) Urban growth and spatial transformation of Kolkata metropolis: a continuation of colonial legacy. ARPN J Sci Technol 2:365–380
Mundia C, Aniya M (2006) Dynamics of land use/land cover change and degradation of Nairobi
city Kenya. Land Degrad Dev 17(1):97–108
Mundia C, Murayama Y (2010) Modelling spatial processes of urban growth in African cities: a
case study of Nairobi City. Urban Geogr 31(2):259–272
Nagendra H, Munrae D, Sourthworth J (2004) From the pattern and process: landscape fragmentation and analysis of land use/cover change. Agric Ecosyst Environ 101(2–3):111–115
9 Population Pressure and Urban Sprawl in Kolkata Metropolitan Area