multi-temporal transect analysis of peri-urban developments in faridabad, india

Dynamic land-use changes in peri-urban areas in the global south are often characterized by a juxtaposition of planned and unplanned, formal and informal, legal and illegal developments. india faces rapid (peri-)urbanization and great challenges to govern these sprawling, spatially fragmented, and socially uneven developments at the fringe of cities. under these circumstances, up-to-date maps of (peri-)urban development processes are essential for effective governance. however, mapping the processes of urbanization is a challenging exercise. the developed map visualizes the heterogeneous spatio-temporal reality of periurban india using the case study of the dynamically growing city of faridabad, a satellite city of delhi. the multi-temporal map is based on field mapping and the interpretation of google earth imagery. these spatial data sources have been triangulated with findings from qualitative semi-structured interviews with different stakeholders, expert interviews, and secondary data in order to incorporate and visualize contextual spatial knowledge in the map. published by informa uk limited, trading as taylor & francis group.