Spatiotemporal analysis of urban expansion in Srinagar city, Kashmir
Spatiotemporal analysis of urban expansion in Srinagar city, Kashmir Aaraf Bashir 12315223 Submitted to Dr. Tek Chand Saini Lovely Professional University Phagwara Punjab Abstract Urbanization is a multifaceted process and a global phenomenon that encompasses various environmental and land cover changes. The expansion of Srinagar city, Kashmir, has changed its Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) due to an increase in population, horizontal expansion of the city, migration, and an increase in the built-up area. This has resulted in a change in Land Surface Temperature (LST). This study evaluates the dynamics of LULC in Srinagar city and its effect on LST using remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS), statistical analysis techniques, and Landsat 4–5 TM and Landsat-8 OLI datasets. We analysed the LULC in Srinagar city from 2000 to 2020. The study calculated the Normalized...