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Cities are hubs of economic, innovative, and cultural activity and drivers of global progress, but their rapid expansion presents formidable challenges to the environment, infrastructure, and the well-being of their inhabitants. Consequently, the study of urban ecosystems has emerged as a crucial field that necessitates transcending disciplinary boundaries to address the relationships between natural and built environments that profoundly shape the lives of billions.
Geospatial science, encompassing technologies such as GIS, remote sensing, satellite imagery, and GPS, offers indispensable tools for comprehending, managing, and thriving within urban environments. This book examines the pivotal role of geospatial science in monitoring urban landscapes and managing city-specific challenges. Rich with illustrations of fundamental concepts and case studies of urban ecosystems, with a notable emphasis on India, contributions highlight practical applications of geospatial tools in urban planning and climate change mitigation. As a collaborative, interdisciplinary endeavor from diverse contributors, this book serves as a repository of wide-ranging perspectives, theories, and methodologies, inspiring critical inquiry and innovative problem-solving.
Contents
1 Geospatial Science for Urban Ecosystems.- 2 Patterns of Urban Growth.- 3 Urban Environmental Challenges.- 4 Urban Biodiversity.- 5 Urban Watershed Management.- 6 Urban Heat Islands.- 7 Urban Ecosystem Services.- 8 Urban Vulnerability and Climate Change.- 9 Urbanization with Remote Sensing and Predictive Models.- 10 Non-degradable Waste Incursion, Environment and Ecology.- 11 Annual and Seasonal Variation of Particulate Matter.- 12 Shallow Groundwater Dynamics of an Urban Coastal Aquifer.- 13 Land Use Land Cover and Hydrology.- 14 Patterns of Urban Green Spaces.- 15 Urban Ecosystem Dynamics and Microclimatic.- 16 Spatio-temporal Pattern of Green Space.- 17 Dynamics of Ecosystem Services Values (ESVs) in Response to Land Use/Land Cover (LU/LC) Change in Central NCR.- 18 Urban Ecology and Urban Development Nexus.- 19 Land Acquisition for Urban Housing Developments.- 20 Future Urban Slum.- 21 Spatio-temporal Patterns of Land Surface Temperature (LST) - a Case of Herat, Afghanistan.- 22 Land Surface Temperature Variations and Its Determinants.- 23 Variations in Land Surface Temperature Intensity.
