Shanmuganandan Samarajalingam, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India, Madurai, India
WATER, SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING - A CASE STUDY OF A GROWING METROPOLITAN CITY IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY WITH REFERENCE TO MADURAI CITY IN TAMILNADU, INDIA (assigned to theme
Water is essential for life and it becomes the prime most element for sustainable urban development in the event of an increase of urban population growth and expanding urbanization. Most of the cities in developing countries experienced an alarming increase in the urban population due to increase in the opportunities for not only the urban elite but also for the rural population in view of the globalisation of economy.As water determines everything in urban life, the present has made an emphasis on urban hydrology particularly in spatial planning for water resources for the residents of the city for a sustainable future and sustainable urban development which essentially determines the salient features of urban dynamics. area located in the South central part of Tamilnadu state in India. The entire metropolitan area has to depend on water resources obtained from river Vaigai and also also from ground water resources and also small lakes and ponds which are mostly rainfed. The increasing growth of urban population and urbanization pose a major threatening force on the existing water resource potential in the region. Further to state the successive failure of the monsoon had an impact on the dwindling ground water table. The ruthless exploitation of ground water using the deep bore wells caused a serious concern. Most of its million residents depend on reservoirs in the upper watershed of the Vaigai River for drinking water. The Vaigai River presents many water quality and quantity challenges as it flows through the urban area. These challenges generally represent three typical flow regimes: low flow conditions that require stringent wastewater discharge limits; urban storm water runoff impacts during wet weather; and serious flooding from periodic urban storm events with potential damages in causing the outbreak of major water borne diseases. The present study is an attempt to make an inventory of existing available water resources in relation to population growth, urban growth, per capita consumption, available water resources potential, types of water use for various purposes and so on. The purpose of this study to apply GIS in a suitable environment to map out the water resources and also and also to incorporate available water resources from various other sources that can provide adequate supply of water to the growing Metropolitan area of Madurai with the application of remote sensing technology. The GIS is designed to manage, analyze and display all types of spatial data thus by enhancing the capability of GIS as a powerful tool in water resources management for major metropolitan cities. GIS maintains the spatial location of wells, borings, etc., and provides tools to relate the well or boring to data contained in an external relational database. GIS also provides advanced tools for spatial analysis of the related data. In addition, GIS provides sophisticated map-generation capabilities, useful in communicating results of data analysis.
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