Urban Sprawl and Adverse Impacts on Agricultural Land: A Case Study on Hyderabad, India

Gumma, M K and Mohammad, I and Nedumaran, S and Whitbread, A M and Lagerkvist, C (2017) Urban Sprawl and Adverse Impacts on Agricultural Land: A Case Study on Hyderabad, India. Remote Sensing, 9 (11) (1136). pp. 1-16. ISSN 2072-4292

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Abstract

Many Indian capitals are rapidly becoming megacities due to industrialization and rural–urban emigration. Land use within city boundaries has changed dynamically, accommodating development while replacing traditional land-use patterns. Using Landsat-8 and IRS-P6 data, this study investigated land-use changes in urban and peri-urban Hyderabad and their influence on land-use and land-cover. Advanced methods, such as spectral matching techniques with ground information were deployed in the analysis. From 2005 to 2016, the wastewater-irrigated area adjacent to the Musi river increased from 15,553 to 20,573 hectares, with concurrent expansion of the city boundaries from 38,863 to 80,111 hectares. Opportunistic shifts in land-use, especially related to wastewater-irrigated agriculture, emerged in response to growing demand for fresh vegetables and urban livestock feed, and to easy access to markets due to the city’s expansion. Validation performed on the land-use maps developed revealed 80–85% accuracy.

Item Type: Article
Divisions: Research Program : Innovation Systems for the Drylands (ISD)
CRP: CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Peri-urban; urban spr1awl; urban agriculture; bi-spectral plots; urban land-use/land-cover change; IRS-P6; MODIS; Landsat-8; Hyderabad; Agricultural Land; Agriculture in Hyderabad; Urbanization, Urban India, Telangana
Subjects: Others > Agriculture
Others > GIS Techniques/Remote Sensing
Others > Telangana
Others > Water Resources
Others > Indian Agriculture
Depositing User: Mr Ramesh K
Date Deposited: 08 Nov 2017 06:07
Last Modified: 08 Nov 2017 06:07
URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/10269
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs9111136
Projects: UNSPECIFIED
Funders: Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FORMAS)
Acknowledgement: This work was undertaken as part of the CGIAR Research Programs on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) led by International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and CGIAR Research Programs on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) led by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Funding support for the study was provided by the Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FORMAS) through the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). The authors thank Kristofer Dodge, Consultant, ICRISAT, and Ms Smitha Sitaraman, Science Editor, ICRISAT, for editing this article. The authors are grateful to Padmaja Ravula, Kesav Rao Pyla, Naresh, and NARS partners for supporting the collection of ground data and sub-national statistics.
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