Rapid Urban Expansion and Its Implications on Geomorphology: A Remote Sensing and GIS Based Study

Table 5

Geomorphic units affected due to urbanization during 1972–2013.

Geomorphic units	Plains area in sq. km			Hills area in sq. km			Total area in sq. km
Years from–to	Buried pediplain	Pediplain	Total plains	Denudational hill	Residual hill	Total hills
1972–1990	15.67	0.01	15.68	1.26	0.00	1.26	16.94
1990–2006	15.99	0.48	16.47	0.79	1.18	1.97	18.44
2006–2013	18.12	0.01	18.13	3.59	1.25	4.84	22.97
1972–2013	49.78	0.50	50.28	5.64	2.43	8.07	58.35