IMPACT OF DEMOGRAPHIC AND AREAL CHANGES ON URBAN GROWTH: A CASE STUDY OF MYSORE CITY

The study aims to analyze the growth of the Mysore city from 1971 to 2001, its expansion in order to find out the pace and direction of growth. Urban sprawl leads to haphazard patchwork of development, which results improper development of any city. Hence an attempt has made in the present study to monitor the growth of Mysore city. It has presented the scenario of change in land use pattern from 1976 to 2001. The article also reviews the trend of population of the city. The extent of the urban sprawl in the city is evident from the growth rate over the last five years. The area of Mysore city has increased from 7,569 hectares in 1995 to 9,221 hectares in 2001 representing a growth of 22 per cent. This expansion is expected to continue unabated and the total land area of Mysore is expected to increase to 15,669 hectares by 2015. Based on the data it is found that the land use pattern of Mysore shows a tilt towards residential areas, which cover a greater portion of the city, and this is expected to increase in the next few years.