The knowledge of impervious surfaces, especially the magnitude, location, geometry, spatial
pattern of impervious surfaces and the perviousness–imperviousness ratio, is significant to a …

The recent global urban expansion has seen a massive decline and loss in the connectivity
of urban vegetation. In urban areas, some vegetation patches have increasingly become …

This book provides a comprehensive discussion on urban growth and sprawl, and how they
can be analyzed using remote sensing imageries. It compiles views of numerous …

This paper compares the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and percent
impervious surface as indicators of surface urban heat island effects in Landsat imagery by …

The world has seen the development and growth of urban areas at a faster pace. The rapid
urban growth and development have resulted in the increase in the share of India's urban …

Mega cities, the largest category of urban agglomerations, attract considerable attention
because of their population size, economic, socio-cultural, environmental and political …

Urban sprawl refers to the extent of urbanisation, which is a global phenomenon mainly
driven by population growth and large scale migration. In develo** countries like India …

The normalized difference built-up index (NDBI) has been useful for map** urban built-up
areas using Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) data. The applicability of this index to the newer …

The concentration of people in densely populated urban areas, especially in develo**
countries, calls for the use of monitoring systems like remote sensing. Such systems along …

The impervious surface area is a critical component of anthropogenic environment that can
be utilized as a proxy for assessing urbanization sustainability. However, there remains a …