Abstract
An urban area is a complex ensemble of interrelated and entangled socio-economic, spatial and environmental processes. The irreversible demographic changes being witnessed in an urban set-up pose threat to the rapidly depleting resources. Therefore, the study of urban footprints and the services with associated infrastructure is a subject that intrigues urban planners. Although planning has more to say about cities, it is equally imperative to explore all perspectives of a holistic regional development keeping in view the social, economic, cultural, environmental and governance issues. Interestingly, with the advent of smart city concept, the conceptualization of six key enablers of the mission, viz. smart governance, smart living, smart people, smart mobility, smart environment and smart economy, finds its complete implementation scope in spatial planning aided with information and communication technology (ICT) solutions. Various pillars of smart planning of an urban set-up ranging from infrastructure to resource management and smart energy to smart environment are achievable with the help of geospatial technologies.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Akolkar, A.B., 2005. Status of solid waste management in India, implementation status of municipal solid wastes, management and handling rules. Central Pollution Control Board, New Delhi.
Alshawabkeh, Y., and Haala, N., 2004. Laser scanning and photogrammetry: a hybrid approach for heritage documentation. In Third International Conference on Science & Technology in Archaeology & Conservation, The Hashimite University, Jordan.
ATC, 1992. A model methodology for assessment of seismic vulnerability and impact distribution of water supply systems. Report No: ATC – 25 – 1, Redwood City, CA.
Campana, S. and Remondino, F., 2008. Fast and detailed digital documentation of archaeological excavations and heritage artefacts. In Posluschny, A., K. Lambers and I. Herzog (eds.), Layers of Perception. Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), Berlin, Germany, April 2–6, 2007 (Kolloquien zur Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Vol. 10). Dr. Rudolf Habelt GmbH, Bonn, pp. 36–42, http://proceedings.caaconference.org/paper/18_campana_remondino_caa2007/.
Campbell, K.W., 1981. Near-source attenuation of peak horizontal acceleration. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 71(6), pp.2039–2070.
Caselles, J., Colliga, C. and Zornoza, P., 2002. Evaluation of trace element pollution from vehicle emissions in petunia plants. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 136(1), pp.1–9, https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015229714374.
Chandy, A., 2009. Carrying capacity analysis, identification of tourism circuits across India submitted to Ministry of Tourism, India.
Curtis, L., W. Rea, P. Smith-Willis, E. Fenyves and Y. Pan, 2006. Adverse health effects of outdoor air pollutants. Environ. Intern. 32, 815–830.
Fukushima, Y. and Tanaka, T., 1990. A new attenuation relation for peak horizontal acceleration of strong earthquake ground motion in Japan. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 80(4), pp.757–783.
Herold, M., Goldstein, N. and Clarke, K., 2003. The spatiotemporal form of urban growth: measurement, analysis and modelling. Remote Sensing of Env., 86, 286–302.
http://tourism.gov.in/sites/default/files/Other/07%20uttaranchal.pdf
http://tourism.gov.in/sites/default/files/Other/Himachal%20Pradesh%20Final%20Report_%20new.pdf
http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-Documents/Slum-26-09-13.pdf
http://www.smartcities-infosystem.eu/renewable-energy-sources
https://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/29/indias-solar-power-potential-estimated-750-gw/
https://data.gov.in/resources/state-wise-potential-various-renewable-energy-technologies/download
Jain, S., Laphawan, S. and Singh, P.K., 2013. Tracing the Changes in the Pattern of Urban Landscape of Dehradun over Last Two Decades using RS and GIS. International Journal of Advanced Remote Sensing and GIS, 2(1), pp. 351.
Jayaraman, G., 2007. Air quality and respiratory health in Delhi. Environmental monitoring and assessment, 135(1), pp.313–325, DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-007-9651-0.
Joyner, W.B. and D.M. Boore, 1981. Peak horizontal acceleration and velocity from strong motion records including records from the 1979 Imperial Valley, California, earthquake. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 71, pp.2011–2038.
Kaushik, C.P., Ravindra, K., Yadav, K., Mehta, S. and Haritash, A.K., 2006. Assessment of ambient air quality in urban centres of Haryana (India) in relation to different anthropogenic activities and health risks. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 122(1), pp.27–40.
Ko, H., 2008. Using GIS in assessing the redevelopment potentials of heritage buildings in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, https://doi.org/10.5353/th_b4154959.
Kumar Prabhat and Singh Ashish K., 2011. Preservation of heritage buildings and monuments, NBMCW February 2008.
Maitre, A., Bonneterre, V., Huillard, L., Sabatier, P. and de Gaudemaris, R., 2006. Impact of urban atmospheric pollution on coronary disease. European Heart Journal, 27(19), pp.2275–2284.
Malczewski, J., 2006. GIS-based multicriteria decision analysis: a survey of the literature. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 20, 703–726.
Paudel, S. and Yuan, F., 2012. Assessing landscape changes and dynamics using patch analysis and GIS modelling. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 16, pp.66–76.
Plexida, S.G., Sfougaris, A.I., Ispikoudis, I.P. and Papanastasis, V.P., 2014. Selecting landscape metrics as indicators of spatial heterogeneity—A comparison among Greek landscapes. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 26, pp.26–35.
Rajan, S.S., Yeshodha, L. and Babu, S.S., 2014. RS and GIS Based Site Suitability Analysis for Solid Waste Disposal in Hosur Municipality, Krishnagiri District, Int. Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology, 3(3).
Sharma, K., Singh, R., Barman, S.C., Mishra, D., Kumar, R., Negi, M.P.S., Mandal, S.K., Kisku, G.C., Khan, A.H., Kidwai, M.M. and Bhargava, S.K., 2006. Comparison of trace metals concentration in PM10 of different locations of Lucknow City, India. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 77(3), pp.419–426.
Trifunac, M.D. and Brady, A.G., 1975. On the correlation of seismic intensity scales with the peaks of recorded strong ground motion. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 65(1), pp.139–162.
Turner, M.G., Gardner, R.H. and O’neill, R.V., 2001. Landscape ecology in theory and practice (Vol. 401). New York: Springer.
UN-HABITAT, 2003. The Challenge of Slums: Global Report on Human Settlements. https://www.un.org/ruleoflaw/files/Challenge%20of%20Slums.pdf.
Warren, C.R., Lumsden, C., O’Dowd, S. and Birnie, R.V., 2005. Green on green: public perceptions of wind power in Scotland and Ireland. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 48(6), pp.853–875.
Weeks, J.R., Hill, A., Stow, D., Getis, A. and Fugate, D., 2007. Can we spot a neighborhood from the air? Defining neighborhood structure in Accra, Ghana. GeoJournal, 69(1–2), pp.9–22.
Zanini, G., Berico, M., Monforti, F., Vitali, L., Zambonelli, S., Chiavarini, S., Georgiadis, T. and Nardino, M., 2006. Concentration measurement in a road tunnel as a method to assess “real-world” vehicles exhaust emissions. Atmospheric Environment, 40(7), pp.1242–1254.
Zhang, Y. and Maxwell, T., 2006. A fuzzy logic approach to supervised segmentation for object-oriented classification. In ASPRS 2006 Annual Conference Reno, Nevada May (pp. 1–5).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2019 Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Kumar, P., Siddiqui, A., Gupta, K., Jain, S., Bharath, B.D., Maithani, S. (2019). Understanding Urban Environment in Northwest Himalaya: Role of Geospatial Technology. In: Navalgund, R., Kumar, A., Nandy, S. (eds) Remote Sensing of Northwest Himalayan Ecosystems. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2128-3_19
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2128-3_19
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Singapore
Print ISBN: 978-981-13-2127-6
Online ISBN: 978-981-13-2128-3
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental ScienceEarth and Environmental Science (R0)