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

Table 6

Geomorphic units affected due to built-up land 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	9.13	0	9.13	1.05	0	1.05	10.18
1990–2006	12.08	0.19	12.27	0.43	1.08	1.51	13.78
2006–2013	11.97	0	11.97	2.22	0.84	3.06	15.03
1972–2013	33.18	0.19	33.37	3.7	1.92	5.62	38.99