ABSTRACT
The world is urbanizing at the fastest rate ever. Much of the predicted urban growth is occurring in developing countries with a higher rate in Asian countries. This pattern of urban growth is set to continue well into the future. However, knowledge about the patterns of changes is missing. These pattern imprints of urbanization on a city’s environment are often unreported or least studied. The lack of studies is due to the unavailability of tools and their applications to understand the phenomena. This chapter emphasizes the application of remote sensing inputs for studying such imprints on a city’s environment. By taking examples from the four metro cities (Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Mumbai) of India, the chapter demonstrates changes in the land use land cover and its impact on land surface temperature of the cities. We also demonstrate the usage of satellite remote sensing data over the four decades.
