INCLUSIVE URBAN DEVELOPMENT FOR POTENTIAL BROWNFIELD (VISAKHAPATNAM OLD TOWN AREA) USING GEO-SPATIAL TECHNOLOGY AS ANALYTICAL TOOL

Abstract

Brown fields and gray fields are underused parcels of land that are environmentally contaminated or are perceived to have been contaminated and are obsolescent. These lands have the potential for reuse and ample scope for improvements in the aspects of economical and environmental health for sustainable development in Visakhapatnam Old Town, the study area.  (Contaminated land parcels adjacent to conveyor belt and obsolescent old one town area). Brown field and gray fields revitalization, accomplished by conducting intensive field observations, physical surveys, analyzing with respect to toposheets and satellite imagery with the help of REMOTE SENSING and GIS technologies and also need combination of environmental, spatial, non-spatial data, administrative and urban planning policies, approaches and by giving preference to local area requirements.

In this project REMOTE SENSING, GIS and Auto CAD are the analytical tools that can facilitate multitask holding engagements in brown fields development at different levels. GIS presents a range of technical, environmental, socio-economic, infrastructure, spatial and non-spatial data in such a way that stakeholders correlate the above elements. Communities use GIS and Auto CAD for accuracy in analysis and its interpretation within management, institutional control framework and outreach to turn Brown and gray fields into valued economic assets. Renewal, revitalize the environmental health of parcel of land, by tracking inventory on brown field and gray fields, promoting revitalized sites to optimize potential business mapping, increment in green spaces within the landmass (study area) in all the possible applications in accordance with the site reviews and environmental assessments to bring out the balance in between environment and anthropogenic activities, for sustainable smart city development.