ESA - Eduspace EN - Global Change - Shillong and Guwahati

Coastal change

Danube Delta change detection Oil spills

Deforestation

Bardia National Park Congo River Basin Kameng-Sonitpur Elephant Reserve Kilimanjaro Rondonia

Shillong and Guwahati

Ice

Antarctica 2003 Climate change and glaciers Glacier analysis using radar imagery Glacial retreat in the Alps Glacier Ice Flow Monitoring of glaciers in the Himalayas Remote sensing of ice and snow

Urbanisation

Cairo City of Kathmandu Córdoba Himalayas Kathmandu Valley Lagos

Vegetation

Annapurna Conservation Area Lost in the Andes Ngorongoro Conservation Area Niger Inland Delta Vegetation in South America

Shillong and Guwahati

The eye in the sky: A tale of two cities

Cities tend to grow over time, often beyond nature's limits. Often, certain unwanted changes creep in. These changes include land cover changes, loss of open space and greenery, pollution, and traffic congestion. As the world’s population becomes increasingly urban, changes to city environments are partly inevitable, and perhaps nowhere more apparent than in South Asia where urban population densities spiral.

This case study looks at land use changes in Shillong and Guwahati, and the niggling problems that confront the two cities.

This case study includes:

a background section

a worksheet introduction

exercises

You can access them by clicking on the links on the right

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