Impact of Urbanization on Mirco-climate and Environmental Quality in Barasat Municipality: A Geospatial Analysis

Urbanization gained speed due to industrial development worldwide. The high growth of world urban population transformed the surface of the earth into concrete. The huge transformation of land helps to change the climate worldwide especially in urban spheres. The micro climatic change on urban entities has huge impact on urban environmental quality and vice versa. The research focuses on examining the negative impact of urban transformation over the past decade on the microclimate and environmental quality of Barasat Municipality. Land Surface Temperature (LST) of Barasat Municipality was quantified by using Landsat data as a tool of micro climatic change. On the other hand, different environmental parameters have been estimated to extract the changing scenario of Urban Environmental Quality. The urban environmental quality has been calculated by using multicriteria decision making like CRITIC and TOPSIS method. The evolving correlation between Urban Environmental Quality and Land Surface Temperature was assessed through the application of bivariate Moran’s I and LISA (Local Indicators of Spatial Autocorrelation). The result showing the unexpected increase of temperature and the degradation of urban environmental quality and there is a strong association between them. Proper urban planning is the only way to combat this issue.