Publications

Kabiraj, S (2021). Spatial expansion of industrial area and its impact on environmental indicators-a case study in West Bengal. ARABIAN JOURNAL OF GEOSCIENCES, 14(12), 1159.

Abstract
Industrialization brings socio-economic improvement and also some negative impacts to the environment. Spatio-temporal demarcation of industrial area and assessment of their impact on the environment are still a challenging tasks. An attempt has made to evaluate the impact of industrial area expansion on environmental degradation using various environmental indicators such as evapotranspiration (ET), Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), and land surface temperature (LST). Satellite data of Landsat and MODIS data product and field verification were used to estimate the industrial area extension, various environmental indicators, and its impact on environment degradation from 2002 to 2018 with the help of ArcGIS 10.6 and Google Earth Engine (GEE). Finally, an overlay technique was used to extract values of all three environmental indicators (ET, NDVI, and LST) in industrial regions to evaluate the spatial and temporal impact on the environment. From the result, we found a strong correlation between NDVI and the industrial area with R-2 value of 0.94 and ET and LST with the industrial area shows R-2 value of 0.65 and 0.74 with a p-value of 0.001 and 0.002 respectively. Industrial expansion is identified as one of the major stressors to the environment. The results provide a baseline to evaluate future environmental impacts of industrial expansion in the region. This study may help environmentalists, industrial planners, and policymakers to plan regional industrial development and modify the existing policies accordingly for the improvement of the environment quality and better management practices for a sustainable future.

DOI:
10.1007/s12517-021-07506-4

ISSN:
1866-7511