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Kolkata is one of the major cities in the eastern part of India which has experienced rapid changes in land use and land cover (LULC) as remarked when analyzing the satellite images and field verification. The land surface temperature (LST) of Kolkata City is increasing day by day, which explains the choice of this city as a case study. The objective of this article was to analyze the LST of Kolkata City with an increase in impervious surfaces. The other objective was to find out if there are any relationships between the impervious surfaces and LST in Kolkata City from 2005 to 2019. Landsat satellite images were used for the analysis of normalized difference built-up index (NDBI) and land surface temperature (LST) map**. This study reveals that the percentage of built-up area in Kolkata City has been increasing over time and has very high positive relationship with the increase in LST which makes Kolkata City a heat island. The mean temperature of Kolkata City has increased by 12 °C. This study will be helpful to the concerned authorities and policymakers for the future planning of the city and to built-up various policies for its sustainable development.
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Chatterjee, U., Majumdar, S. (2022). Relation Between Normalized Difference Built-up Index and Land Surface Temperature in Kolkata (India). In: El-Askary, H., Erguler, Z.A., Karakus, M., Chaminé, H.I. (eds) Research Developments in Geotechnics, Geo-Informatics and Remote Sensing. CAJG 2019. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72896-0_80
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