IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jgeogr/v2y2022i1p1-10d718625.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

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

Author

Listed:
  • 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)

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.

Suggested Citation

  • Shruti Kanga & Suraj Kumar Singh & Gowhar Meraj & Anup Kumar & Ruby Parveen & Nikola Kranjčić & Bojan Đurin, 2022. "Assessment of the Impact of Urbanization on Geoenvironmental Settings Using Geospatial Techniques: A Study of Panchkula District, Haryana," Geographies, MDPI, vol. 2(1), pages 1-10, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jgeogr:v:2:y:2022:i:1:p:1-10:d:718625
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2673-7086/2/1/1/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2673-7086/2/1/1/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Prabhu Pingali, 2007. "Agricultural growth and economic development: a view through the globalization lens," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 37(s1), pages 1-12, December.
    2. Nguyen Minh Ha & Nguyen Dang Le & Pham Trung-Kien, 2019. "The Impact of Urbanization on Income Inequality: A Study in Vietnam," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 12(3), pages 1-14, September.
    3. Abdul Shaban & Karima Kourtit & Peter Nijkamp, 2020. "India’s Urban System: Sustainability and Imbalanced Growth of Cities," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(7), pages 1-20, April.
    4. Deborah Balk & Mark R. Montgomery & Hasim Engin & Natalie Lin & Elizabeth Major & Bryan Jones, 2019. "Urbanization in India: Population and Urban Classification Grids for 2011," Data, MDPI, vol. 4(1), pages 1-16, February.
    5. Asim Anwar & Mustafa Younis & Inayat Ullah, 2020. "Impact of Urbanization and Economic Growth on CO 2 Emission: A Case of Far East Asian Countries," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(7), pages 1-8, April.
    6. Beidi Diao & Lei Ding & Qiong Zhang & Junli Na & Jinhua Cheng, 2020. "Impact of Urbanization on PM 2.5 -Related Health and Economic Loss in China 338 Cities," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(3), pages 1-18, February.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Jhon Lennon Bezerra da Silva & Daiana Caroline Refati & Ricardo da Cunha Correia Lima & Ailton Alves de Carvalho & Maria Beatriz Ferreira & Héliton Pandorfi & Marcos Vinícius da Silva, 2022. "Techniques of Geoprocessing via Cloud in Google Earth Engine Applied to Vegetation Cover and Land Use and Occupation in the Brazilian Semiarid Region," Geographies, MDPI, vol. 2(4), pages 1-16, October.
    2. Rajeev Singh Chandel & Shruti Kanga & Suraj Kumar Singh & Bojan Ðurin & Olga Bjelotomić Oršulić & Dragana Dogančić & Julian David Hunt, 2023. "Assessing Sustainable Ecotourism Opportunities in Western Rajasthan, India, through Advanced Geospatial Technologies," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(14), pages 1-18, July.
    3. Onggarbek Alipbeki & Gauhar Mussaif & Chaimgul Alipbekova & Aizada Kapassova & Pavel Grossul & Meirzhan Aliyev & Nursultan Mineyev, 2023. "Untangling the Integral Impact of Land Use Change, Economic, Ecological and Social Factors on the Development of Burabay District (Kazakhstan) during the Period 1999–2021," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(9), pages 1-36, May.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. David Colman, 2010. "Agriculture's terms of trade: issues and implications," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 41(s1), pages 1-15, November.
    2. David Simon & Yutika Vora & Tarun Sharma & Warren Smit, 2021. "Responding to Climate Change in Small and Intermediate Cities: Comparative Policy Perspectives from India and South Africa," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(4), pages 1-16, February.
    3. Xi Liu & Yugang He & Renhong Wu, 2024. "Revolutionizing Environmental Sustainability: The Role of Renewable Energy Consumption and Environmental Technologies in OECD Countries," Energies, MDPI, vol. 17(2), pages 1-21, January.
    4. Genesis T. Yengoh & Frederick Ato Armah & Edward Ebo Onumah, 2010. "Paths to Attaining Food Security: The Case of Cameroon," Challenges, MDPI, vol. 1(1), pages 1-22, August.
    5. Abudureheman, Maliyamu & Jiang, Qingzhe & Dong, Xiucheng & Dong, Cong, 2022. "Spatial effects of dynamic comprehensive energy efficiency on CO2 reduction in China," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 166(C).
    6. Muriithi, Beatrice W. & Matz, Julia Anna, 2015. "Welfare effects of vegetable commercialization: Evidence from smallholder producers in Kenya," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 50(C), pages 80-91.
    7. Assem Abu Hatab & Padmaja Ravula & Swamikannu Nedumaran & Carl-Johan Lagerkvist, 2022. "Perceptions of the impacts of urban sprawl among urban and peri-urban dwellers of Hyderabad, India: a Latent class clustering analysis," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 24(11), pages 12787-12812, November.
    8. Duc Nguyen Huu & Van Nguyen Ngoc, 2021. "Analysis Study of Current Transportation Status in Vietnam’s Urban Traffic and the Transition to Electric Two-Wheelers Mobility," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(10), pages 1-27, May.
    9. Xiejun Cheng & Min Zhang & Jiayi Xu & Jingrong Xu & Decai Tang, 2023. "Research on the Impact of Sustainable Urbanization on Urban Rural Income Disparity in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(6), pages 1-12, March.
    10. Ansari, S. A. & Khan, W., 2018. "Relevance of Declining Agriculture in Economic Development of South Asian Countries: An Empirical Analysis," AGRIS on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Economics and Management, vol. 10(2).
    11. Muriithi, Beatrice W., 2013. "Does commercialization of smallholder horticulture reduce rural poverty? Evidence based on household panel data from Kenya," 2013 Fourth International Conference, September 22-25, 2013, Hammamet, Tunisia 161563, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
    12. Wainaina, Priscilla & Tongruksawattana, Songporne & Qaim, Matin, 2014. "Tradeoffs and Complementarities in the Adoption of Improved Seeds, Fertilizer, and Natural Resource Management Technologies in Kenya," GlobalFood Discussion Papers 189914, Georg-August-Universitaet Goettingen, GlobalFood, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development.
    13. Kumar, Anjani & Roy, Devesh & Joshi, Pramod K. & Tripathi, Gaurav & Adhikari, Rajendra P., 2016. "Impact of Contract Farming on Profits and Yield of Smallholder Farms in Nepal: An Evidence from Lentil Cultivation," 2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Boston, Massachusetts 235848, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    14. Vandercasteelen, Joachim & Beyene, Seneshaw Tamru & Minten, Bart & Swinnen, Johan, 2018. "Cities and agricultural transformation in Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 105(C), pages 383-399.
    15. Schwarz, Jana & Mathijs, Erik & Maertens, Miet, 2015. "Changing patterns of global agri-food trade and virtual water flows," Working Papers 200308, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Centre for Agricultural and Food Economics.
    16. Batara Surya & Syafri Syafri & Hernita Sahban & Harry Hardian Sakti, 2020. "Natural Resource Conservation Based on Community Economic Empowerment: Perspectives on Watershed Management and Slum Settlements in Makassar City, South Sulawesi, Indonesia," Land, MDPI, vol. 9(4), pages 1-31, March.
    17. Anjani Kumar & Devesh Roy & Gaurav Tripathi, 2016. "Contracting by Small Farmers in Commodities with Export Potential: Assessing Farm Profits of Lentil Growers in Nepal," Working Papers id:10899, eSocialSciences.
    18. Onyebuchi Iwegbu & Leonardo Bornacki Mattos, 2022. "Financial development, trade globalisation and agricultural output performance among BRICS and WAMZ member countries," SN Business & Economics, Springer, vol. 2(8), pages 1-27, August.
    19. Balogh, Peter & Ertsey, Imre & Szucs, Istvan, 2009. "Answer to the challenges of the 21st century in the Hungarian pig sector," 2009 Conference, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China 51027, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    20. Sally Brooks & Michael Loevinsohn, 2011. "Shaping agricultural innovation systems responsive to food insecurity and climate change," Natural Resources Forum, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 35(3), pages 185-200, August.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jgeogr:v:2:y:2022:i:1:p:1-10:d:718625. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.