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Evaluation and Distribution of Urban Green Spaces in Kolkata Municipal Corporation: An Approach to Urban Sustainability

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The present study is an attempt to assess and evaluate the status and distribution of urban green spaces in Kolkata Municipal Corporation over the 30 years of time period. The current study is primarily based on both spatial as well as non-spatial data; tools and techniques of geospatial technology. To get better results LULC change, LULC transformation, NDVI, NDVI transformation, per capita as well as per unit area wise green space have been calculated. Huge transformations have been observed under built-up, green space, open space, and water body with 4104.39 ha, −2338.02 ha, −688.02 ha, and −1078.36 ha, respectively, over the study period. A drastic change has also been observed in per capita as well as per unit area wise green space from 1991 to 2020 with 18.18 m2/city dweller and 0.38/km2 to 12.46 m2/city dweller and 0.27/km2, respectively. The study area has 6 million floating population and 4.5 million residential population which cumulatively exerted immense pressure on land transformation under green space to secure residential facilities, administrative services, business and commercial services, employment opportunities and medical services, etc. The adverse impacts of rapid decline of green space could be definitely seen in air pollution, noise pollution, creation of microclimate within the urban centre like urban heat island and loss of biodiversity, etc.

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    Saleha Jamal, Md Babor Ali, Md Ashif Ali & Uzma Ajmal

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  4. College of Horticulture and Forestry, Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural Un, Jhansi, India

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Jamal, S., Ali, M.B., Ali, M.A., Ajmal, U. (2022). Evaluation and Distribution of Urban Green Spaces in Kolkata Municipal Corporation: An Approach to Urban Sustainability. In: Rani, M., Chaudhary, B.S., Jamal, S., Kumar, P. (eds) Towards Sustainable Natural Resources. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06443-2_9

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