Decumbent development: Urban sprawl in the Guwahati Metropolitan Area, India

Pawe, Chandra Kant; Saikia, Anup

doi:10.1111/sjtg.12317

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“…When the spatial density of a block exceeds a certain critical value, its importance and scope of influence also increase, thus exacerbating unbalanced population density distribution. This finding corroborates Pawe's survey results on population density in the Guwahati metropolitan area of India [75].…”

Section: Spatial Density < Critical Valuesupporting

confidence: 92%

Does High Spatial Density Imply High Population Density? Spatial Mechanism of Population Density Distribution Based on Population–Space Imbalance

Shao

Wang

2022

Sustainability

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Numerous studies have suggested a positive correlation between spatial and population densities. However, few have systematically conducted quantitative analysis and deciphered the detailed correlation in block scale. Here, we construct a population–space correlation algorithm to quantify and compare the correlation between mobile phone signalling data and vector spatial data and identify blocks with uneven population density. We analyse the influences of various urban spatial characteristics on population density and the distribution characteristics of the identified city blocks. Changzhou City, China, was selected as the study case. The results indicate that (1) population density distribution is unbalanced only when spatial density exceeds a critical value, reflecting the level and sphere of influence of blocks with varying spatial densities; (2) low population density distribution is concentrated in the zonal space, along the boundary between primary and secondary urban centres; (3) spatial characteristics affecting population density distribution vary with the type of block, and the green landscape’s attractiveness is reduced. Our study provides a novel perspective on quantifying the link between urban form and population distribution. It can help decision-makers and planners in accurately recommending urban intervention in population density distribution by adjusting the spatial morphology and promoting rational use of urban public resources.

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Section: Spatial Density < Critical Valuesupporting

confidence: 92%

Does High Spatial Density Imply High Population Density? Spatial Mechanism of Population Density Distribution Based on Population–Space Imbalance

Shao

Wang

2022

Sustainability

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“…He defined urban agglomerations as the aggregation of multiple cities with different economic structures, different population sizes, and different characteristics. Many cities in the world have experienced rapid expansion, gradually developing into urban agglomerations, e.g., the Guwahati urban agglomeration [24], Ranchi urban agglomeration [25], the Kolkata agglomeration [26], the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration [27], the Pearl River Delta [28], and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration [29], though of different sizes. As such, the studied spatial scales have gradually shifted from individual cities to urban agglomerations [30,31].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Spatiotemporal Characterization of the Urban Expansion Patterns in the Yangtze River Delta Region

Chen

et al. 2021

Remote Sensing

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Characterizing urban expansion patterns is of great significance to planning and decision-making for urban agglomeration development. This study examined the urban expansion in the entire Yangtze River Delta Region (YRDR) with its land-use data of six years (1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, and 2018). On the basis of traditional methods, we comprehensively considered the four aspects of urban agglomeration: expansion speed, expansion difference, expansion direction, and landscape pattern, as well as the interconnection of and difference in the expansion process between each city. The spatiotemporal heterogeneity of urban expansion development in this region was investigated by using the speed and differentiation indices of urban expansion, gravity center migration, landscape indices, and spatial autocorrelations. The results show that: (1) over the 23 years, the expansion of built-up land in the Yangtze River Delta Region was significant, (2) the rapidly expanding cities were mainly located along the Yangtze River and coastal areas, while the slowly expanding cities were mainly located in the inland areas, (3) the expansion direction of each city varied and the gravity center of the urban agglomeration moved toward the southwest, and (4) the spatial structure of the region became more clustered, the shape of built-up land turned simpler, and fragmentation decreased. This study unravels the spatiotemporal change of urban expansion patterns in this large urban agglomeration, and more importantly, can serve as a guide for formulating urban agglomeration development plans.

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“…Guwahati is developing rapidly due to its enviable location, excellent transportation options, and expanding population (Pawe and Saikia, 2020). In the master plan for Guwahati, Assam there are no such steps or procedures mentioned followed by the urban professionals in the land use allocations (Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority, 2009).…”

Section: Guwahati Assammentioning

confidence: 99%

Existing Practices for Land Use Planning Practices in Hill Cities of India

Sharma,

Saini,

Shrivastava

et al. 2024

IRSPSD International

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Land Use Planning is a key component of Urban Planning and is important for planned development. It ensures that the resources are used efficiently, and orderly development is taking place. However, Land use planning in relation to hill regions is not a well-known or researched topic in India. Many scholars and researchers have expressed their views related to inappropriate development in the hills due to the lack of land use planning in these eco-sensitive areas but there are no in-depth studies on the land use planning pertaining to the hill towns of India. Therefore, the paper, focus is on understanding the prevailing land use planning process in Indian hill towns. The methodology opted is the in-depth literature study of the land use planning in the hills followed by a semistructured interview of various town planning officials in the hill states of India such as Himachal Pradesh,

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Decumbent development: Urban sprawl in the Guwahati Metropolitan Area, India

Cited by 21 publications

References 69 publications

Does High Spatial Density Imply High Population Density? Spatial Mechanism of Population Density Distribution Based on Population–Space Imbalance

Does High Spatial Density Imply High Population Density? Spatial Mechanism of Population Density Distribution Based on Population–Space Imbalance

Spatiotemporal Characterization of the Urban Expansion Patterns in the Yangtze River Delta Region

Existing Practices for Land Use Planning Practices in Hill Cities of India

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