Study of Urban Growth Dynamics Using Global Human Settlement Layer Data Set: Uttarakhand, India

Nautiyal, Garima; Maithani, Sandeep; Sharma, Archana

doi:10.1007/s12524-020-01115-6

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“…Nautiyal et al [66] assess built-up growth in Uttarkhand, the Himalayas state of India. The three important findings of the study include the built-up growth in foothills, while the mountain settlements stagnate, the relevance of GHS settlement information layers for India (for which data are relatively scarce), and that of the faster built-up growth after the Uttarkhand state was established in 2000.…”

Section: Settlement Spatial Growth and Impactmentioning

confidence: 99%

Open and Consistent Geospatial Data on Population Density, Built-Up and Settlements to Analyse Human Presence, Societal Impact and Sustainability: A Review of GHSL Applications

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This review analyses peer-reviewed scientific publications and policy documents that use built-up density, population density and settlement typology spatial grids from the Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL) project to quantify human presence and processes for sustainability. Such open and free grids provide detailed time series spanning 1975–2015 developed with consistent approaches. Improving our knowledge of cities and settlements by measuring their size extent, as well as the societal processes occurring within settlements, is key to understanding their impact on the local, regional and global environment for addressing global sustainability and the integrity of planet Earth. The reviewed papers are grouped around five main topics: Quantifying human presence; assessing settlement growth over time; estimating societal impact, assessing natural hazard risk and impact, and generating indicators for international framework agreements and policy documents. This review calls for continuing to refine and expand the work on societal variables that, when combined with essential variables including those for climate, biodiversity and ocean, can improve our understanding of the societal impact on the biosphere and help to monitor progress towards local, regional and planetary sustainability.

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Section: Settlement Spatial Growth and Impactmentioning

confidence: 99%