envIronMental revIew

1. land use (2022)

Mysore is the third-largest city in the state of Karnataka, India,which served as the capital city of Mysore Princely Kingdom(Kingdom of Mysore) for nearly six centuries, from 1399 until 1947.Located at the base of the Chamundi Hills- 146 km (91 mi)southwest of the state capital Bangalore. Area- 128.42 km2 (50 sq mi).

The cultural ambience and achievements of Mysore earned it the sobriquet Cultural capital of Karnataka.Mysore is noted for its palaces, including the Mysore Palace, and for the festivities that take place during the Dasara festival when the city receives a large number of tourists. The growth of the information technology industry in the first decade of the 21st century has resulted in the city emerging as the second largest software exporter in Karnataka, next to Bangalore.

The uncontrolled, haphazard, low density human population will lead to urban sprawl, which is characterized by haphazard patchwork of development leads to an improper development in any city usually happens due to land use / land cover conversion in which the growth rate of urbanized land significantly exceeds the role of population growth over a specific period of time, with impervious surfaces. In the present day world people are more and more attracted towards comforts and luxuries. Consequently population flows rural to the urban in search of some economically gainful activities.