CONTENTS Preface ix 1 Urban Challenges in 21st Century India: Urbanization and its Impact on Environment and Infrastructure I Anuradha Banerjee 2 Ecological Footprint Method in the Sustainability of Metropolitans: The Case of Tehran, Iran 38 Faryineh Sasanpour 3 Analyzing Population Growth: A Case Study of Kolkata 49 Jayati Ha&a 4 The Impact of Urbanization on the Geographical Area of Yavatmal City 56 Narendra M. Kadu, Chandrashekhar and Girish Khatri 5 Development of Town and its Impact on the Tribals in Arunachal Pradesh 63 Narendra Pandey 6 Population Explosion and Urbanization 71 J. Anjaiah 7 Explosive Population Growth in Nagaon Town: Problems and Prospects of Development 80 Lakshya Hira Datta and Dibyajyoti Saikia 8 Nature and Extent of Westward Growth of Patna 93 Ravi Kiran Sharma 9 Urban Planning and Ecological Balance: A Case Study of Ranchi 101 Debjani Roy 10 High-Rise Buildings in Urban Kolkata: A Consequence of Population Explosion 117 Jayarati Dasgupta and Lakshmi Sivaramakrishnan 11 Gated Communities: A Study of Hyderabad 135 Kalpana Markandey, B. Srinagesh and K. Srinivas 12 Influence of Geo-Environmental Factors on Regional Development in Kochi Port 147 T.S. Lancelet 13 Use of RS/GIS Technique for Land Cover/Land Use Change Detection: A Case Study of a Part of Dehradun City 154 Lakshmi Sivaramakrishnan and Sumona Bandopadhayay 14 Land Cover Classification of Kasaragod Municipality (Kerala State) Using Landsat TM Image 167 M.A. Mohammed-Aslam 15 Urban Environment in Lucknow City: An Appraisal 173 Monika Singh 16 Ability of Plants in Development of Healthy Urban Colonies 184 Nirmala Babu Rao and A. V. Shashikala 17 Decreasing Urban Water Resources in the Environs of Hyderabad 192 Anand Gopagani and Vijaya Bhole 18 Strategy for Sustainable Development of Drinking Water in Guwahati City: A Geospatial Analysis 204 N.R. Kalita and D.C. Goswami 19 Status of Underground Water in Lucknow Region: An Environmental Assessment217 217 Meenakshi Lohani 20Vehicular Pollution and Occurrence of Upper Respiratory Disorders in Bilaspur City 224 Sterna Mishra, Kaveri Dabadkar andPratibha Bahjpai 21Automobile Air Pollution: A Study of Hyderabad 236 B. Srinagesh andKiran Baktula 22Impact of Pollution in Rourkela Steel Plant: A Geographical Study 245 Prafulla Kumar Kara 23Modelling of Contaminant Transport Below the Municipal Solid Waste Landfills 255 Sudheer Ch. and S. Mathur 24Industrial Activism at Faridabad 267 R.S.P. Verma 25Study of Gulbarga University Campus Watershed for Rainwater Harvesting: Using Remote Sensing and Techniques 286 R. Nijagunappa, A.G. Rajanna andM.D. Khanadali Contributors 302