Assessment of the Impact of Urbanization on Geoenvironmental Settings Using Geospatial Techniques: A Study of Panchkula District, Haryana

Shruti Kanga, Suraj Kumar Singh, Gowhar Meraj, Anup Kumar, Ruby Parveen, Nikola Kranjčić and Bojan Đurin
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Shruti Kanga: Centre for Climate Change and Water Research, Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur 302017, India
Suraj Kumar Singh: Centre for Sustainable Development, Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur 302017, India
Gowhar Meraj: Centre for Climate Change and Water Research, Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur 302017, India
Anup Kumar: Haryana Space Applications Centre, Hisar 125004, India
Ruby Parveen: Centre for Climate Change and Water Research, Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur 302017, India
Nikola Kranjčić: Faculty of Geotechnical Engineering, University of Zagreb, Hallerova aleja 7, 42000 Varazdin, Croatia
Bojan Đurin: Department of Civil Engineering, University North, 42000 Varazdin, Croatia

Geographies, 2022, vol. 2, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: Urbanization is an unavoidable process of social and economic growth in modern times. However, the speed with which urbanization is taking place produces complex environmental changes. It has affected the surface albedo and roughness of the soil, thereby modulating hydrological and ecological systems, which in turn has affected regional and local climate systems. In developing countries of South Asia, rampant and unplanned urbanization has created a complex system of adverse environmental scenarios. Similar is the case in India. The state of the urban environment across India is degrading so quickly that the long-term sustainability of its cities is endangered. Many metropolitan cities in India are witnessing the harmful impacts of urbanization on their land ecology. In this context, remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS) based assessments provide a comprehensive and effective analysis of the rate and the impact of urbanization. The present study focuses on understanding the spatiotemporal characteristics of urban growth and its implications on the geomorphology of the Panchkula District, Haryana, one of the fastest-growing urban centers in India. The study links the changes in land use/land cover (LULC) with the changing geomorphology of the study area using satellite remote sensing and GIS. The results showed that between 1980 and 2020, agricultural (+73.71%), built-up (+84.66%), and forest (+4.07%) classes of land increased in contrast to that of the fallow land (−76.80%) and riverbed (−50.86%) classes that have decreased in spatial extents. It has been observed that the hill geomorphological class had decreased in the area owing to conversion to industrial and built-up activities. Assessment of the environmental quality of cities involves multiple disciplines that call for a significant amount of scientific evaluation and strong decision making, and the present study shall lay down the baseline analysis of the impact of changing LULC on the geomorphological setup of the selected urban center.

Keywords: land use and land cover; remote sensing and GIS; urbanization; geomorphology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q15 Q5 Q53 Q54 Q56 Q57 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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