Evaluating the Landscape Dynamics Due to Shifts in Industry Patterns in Kota City, Rajasthan, India

Unplanned urbanization and industrialization have become threats to the sustainability of services in the cities of India. This article explores the relationship between land use spatial pattern, vegetation cover, water, and varying configurations of industrial land use in Kota City, Rajasthan, India, from the year 1990 to 2020. The study utilizes remote sensed Landsat data for analyzing the spatial-temporal dynamics of the landscape. A supervised classification approach is adopted to classify three decadal data. Spatial metrics are utilized to quantify the spatial configuration of the landscape. It was observed that a significant urban expansion has occurred in the city mainly in the northwestern direction on fertile lands, with a severe loss of traditional water bodies within the city. Lately, the rocky southern landscape of Kota city has been used for performing agriculture.