Analysing spatial growth in Peri-urban areas using spatial metrics: Case study of Indore
- Nagarlok: Quarterly Journal of Urban Affairs
- 53(1), Mar, 2021: p.1-15
Rate of urbanisation is rising in developing countries and the new trajectory of India’s urbanisation states the growth of areas outside the administrative boundaries. With increasing urban population growth and its increasing demand for space, a wide range of land is required for habitation. Due to the limited and high valued land available within the city limits is leading to the extension of urban spatial growth outside the formal urban jurisdiction. This space is termed by scholars and researchers as ‘peri-urban areas’. In this growing urbanisation for effective planning and management of land resources, the city’s spatial growth patterns need to be quantified. Spatial metrics is a tool to study and analyse the pattern and structure of landscapes. The research is based on the application of the spatial metrics index for understanding the qualitative and quantitative nature of the built-up growth taking place in peri-urban areas. The research tries to evaluate the type and dynamics of the spatial growth pattern in the Indore periurban areas using spatial metrics over the built environment. It also explores the importance of the regional road network and the economic geography in the development of this zone and its related characteristics. The study of spatial growth of the city using spatial metrics enables the planners and policymakers to undertake the decision for sustainable development of the city. – Reproduced
Peri-urban areas, landscape expansion index, Built-up intensity index, Spatial metrics, Built up analysis