• Dr. Suma Dawn
• Dr. Manas Pal

Urbanization is shaping and or changing the cultural landscape at a faster pace in developing as well as developed countries. It is associated with a substantial change in urban land use along with its fringe areas. This is a common scenario in Indian states also. The western part of PaschimBardhaman district of West Bengal, which is predominantly recognizedby mining and industrial area is also experiencing the same nature of land dynamics. It was started in late 18th century with the advent of coal mining in the Raniganj and Barakar measures and triggered by industrial development with the establishment of IISCOin KultiandBurnpur, Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, Hindustan Cables and other industries around Asansol, being the district head quarter of PaschimBardhaman. Presently, Asansol is the second largest city of West Bengal and one of the fastest growing urban centers in India. Rapid population growth caused by large scale immigration, economic development and market forces over last few decades leads to the unrestricted and unplanned growth of peripheral areas along with its rural counterparts with uneven land usepattern. The present paper aims to analyze the spatial transformation of the Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) due to urbanization since last two decades over the Asansol city and its surrounding areas. It also accounts the nature of land changed by the expansion of built-up areas. For the analysis, supervised classifications of Maximum Likelihood Algorithm have been followed along with the post-classification change detection techniques. A haphazard growth of the built-up areas has been identified in the southern part of the study area, which was previously occupied by monoculture land with low productivity. Certainly it has a huge impact on urban environment like pollution, water crisis, landscape fragmentation, adverse effects on urban ecological balance, reduction of urban green space, micro-climate change etc. Hence, the working paper may help in policy making for management and planning for sustainable use of land in the study area.

Urbanization, Cultural landscape, Urban fringe, LULC, Supervised Classification

"QUANTIFICATION OF URBAN EXPANSION BY GEOSPATIAL TECHNIQUES: A MICRO-LEVEL STUDY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 11, page no.g136-g142, November-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2211653.pdf

"QUANTIFICATION OF URBAN EXPANSION BY GEOSPATIAL TECHNIQUES: A MICRO-LEVEL STUDY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 11, page no. ppg136-g142, November-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2211653.pdf