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The literature on urban growth and sprawl is bigger than the scope of this chapter. Application of remote sensing and GIS in the study of urban growth/sprawl is also extensive in terms of their variations. A general research review cannot embrace the totality. However, in this chapter, efforts have been made to briefly document the important aspects that mainly focus on urban growth and sprawl, their patterns and processes, and measurement/analysis. It has been found that sprawl as a concept suffers from difficulties in definition. As a result, quantification of this phenomenon is rather complicated and sometimes confusing, especially if we use remote sensing data. There are dozens of metrics that are practiced by the urban planners and administrators in their cities, especially in developed countries. Merits and demerits of these measurements/analytical techniques have also been addressed briefly. It also documents similar studies in India, and proceeds toward the proposed research by documenting the scope of research.

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    Spatial frequency denotes the rate of changes in land-use/land-cover classes with the change of space.

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