Assessment of Urban Expansion and Identification of Sprawl Through Delineation of Urban Core Boundary

Cities are spatially expanding rapidly, leading to urban sprawl. This study aims to understand the nature of the urban expansion of Chennai city, located on India’s southeastern coast, by determining the urban growth pattern and identifying the urban sprawl areas. The urban growth pattern and sprawl...

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Main Authors: Sridhar M. B., Sathyanathan R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2022-12-01
Series:Journal of Landscape Ecology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/jlecol-2022-0020