Urban Sprawl and Adverse Impacts on Agricultural Land: A Case Study on Hyderabad, India

Many Indian capitals are rapidly becoming megacities due to industrialization and rural–urban emigration. Land use within city boundaries has changed dynamically, accommodating development while replacing traditional land-use patterns. Using Landsat-8 and IRS-P6 data, this study investigated land-us...

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Main Authors: Gumma, Murali K., Irshad, M., Nedumaran, S., Whitbread, Anthony M., Lagerkvist, Carl Johan
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: MDPI 2017
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89567

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