Open AccessMaster Plan Preparation for Arakkonam Town using Remote Sensing and GIS
Author(s) -
Shyam Sundar Raj R,
Murugasan Rajiah,
Venkatesan Chinnappa
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of civil engineering and construction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2051-7777
pISSN - 2051-7769
DOI - 10.32732/jcec.2018.7.3.115
Subject(s) - thematic map , plan (archaeology) , geographic information system , master plan , recreation , land use , land cover , geography , site selection , overlay , transport engineering , civil engineering , urban planning , remote sensing , computer science , environmental planning , cartography , engineering , archaeology , political science , law , programming language
The main objective of this paper is to prepare a master plan for Arakkonam town in India. The study illustrates the use of Geographic Information System (GIS) and Multicriteria evaluation (MCE) technique for the selection of suitable sites in the study area for urban development. Google Earth and Toposheet were used to generate various thematic layers using ArcGIS software. Soil, geology, geomorphology, groundwater, rail network, road network and land use/land cover layers were integrated and weighted overlay analysis was performed to arrive at the final site suitability map. The master plan was prepared by projecting the population for next 20 years by Geometric Growth Method for the study area and planning zones such as Residential, Commercial, Industrial, Educational and Recreational were delineated as per Urban and Regional Development Plans Formulation and Implementation (URDPFI) guidelines.