Contents 1. Geospatial Technology and Applications in Urban and Regional Planning - Dr. Y.V.N. Krishna Murthy 2. An Overview of Urban Development - M.Kamraju 3. Urbanization-The Future of Cities: An unrealistic growth causing Societal Pandemic - Kanagiri SN Prasad and Dr. Mohd Akhter Ali 4. Analysis of Urban Sprawl and Water Dynamics of Kalinganagar Industrial Region of Jajpur District of ODISHA - S.Panigrahi, S. Giri. and K.M.Sethy 5. Spatiotemporal analysis of Dog Bites in Srinagar City - Muzafar Ahmad Wani, Insha Mohideen, Shamim ahmad shah and Tanweer Ahmad Malik 6. Geoinformatics Aided Urban Land Bank Identification and Mapping - A Case Study of Berhampur Municipal Corporation of Ganjam District, Odisha State, India - Binita Tripathy, K.M.Sethy & P.Mishra1 7. A Qualitative Study on Role of Satellite Cities in India - P. Manisha, Sanja Devi, M.Kamraju 8. Coastal Cities and Erosion Issues: A Study Along - The Coast of Puri Town, Odisha, India Using Remote Senisng & Gis - Ms. Prachi Prava Panda, Prof. Manas Ranjan Das and Dr. Nihar Ranjan Das 9. Impact Assessment of Anthropogenic Stress on Green Spaces of Srinagar City, Jammu & Kashmir - Saleha Jamal, Wani Suhail Ahmad, Md Ashif Ali, Umar Amin Reshi and Sarfaraz Asgher 10. Air and Noise Pollution Status - Syeda Azeem Unnisa, Vattikoti Praveen, Akhtar Rasool & Bharath Raj 11. Climate Change and its Impact on Water- Comparative Study - Ms. Shakuntala Pratihary & Prof Kabir Mohan Sethy 12. Transformation of Transboundary River Padma (Ganges) - Shaik Riyaz Basha, Dr.B.Laxamiah 13. Developmental Planning for the Slums in Srinagar City - Sameer Fayaz*, G. M. Rather, M. Sultan Bhat 14. Informal Settlements and its Challenges in Kabul City-Afghanistan - Fidel Rahmati and Prof. AV Shashikala 15. Trace Metals in Fruits - Syeda Azeem Unnisa, B. Kiran and Aaron Jasper Molgeri 16. Geopolitical Issues of Kabul River A Case Study of Af-Pak - Fidel Rahmati, Prof. AV Shashikala 17. Urban Expansion in the Northern Territories of Himalayan Region- India - Manzoor A.Wani, Bashir A. Lone, Ishtiaq A. Mayer 18. A Study on Educational Status of Muslim Community in Telangana Region - Dr. Mohd Hussamuddin About the Editors Dr Mohd Akhter Ali is currently working as Assistant professor in the Department of Geography, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India. He obtained his Bachelor, Master and Ph.D. degrees from Osmania University. He specializes in Environmental Geography, Urban and Regional Geography, Cartography, Rural Development, GIS and Remote Sensing. He is editor of many reputed journals in India. He has about eighteen years of teaching experience to under graduate and Post graduate students. Dr. MAA is the life members of many academic organizations like NAGI, INCA, ISC, IGU, DGSI, etc. Dr Mohd Akhter Ali has a credit of getting three books and more than eighty research journals of National and international repute. Presently Six research scholars are perusing research under his supervision. Dr. Kabir Mohan Sethy is presently holding the post of Professor at Post Graduate Department of Geography of Utkal University, Bhubaneswa, Odisha. After completion of his Post Graduation and M.Phil in Geography from Utkal University ,Dr Sethy has achieved his Ph.D degree for the topic "Settlement Pattern and Service Center Analysis for Rural Development - Planning of Compound Delta of Orissa Coastal Plain” .His areas of specialisation are Regional Planning, Economic Geography, Remote Sensing & GIS, Climate Change & Natural Hazards. So far 65 M.Phil students and 30 P.G Diploma students in Utkal University have completed their dissertations under the guidance of Professor Sethy. Dr Muzafar Wani, is presently working as Assistant professor at the Department of Geography, Government Degree College Pulwama, Kashmir. He has received his Masters in geography in 2009 and Ph.D. Degree in geography from university of Kashmir, India in 2017 . He is actively engaged with teaching and research activities . In the 2013 he has qualified UGC NET. He has also done advanced three months training course in GIS and RS from NRSC(ISRO) Hyderabad, India. His research interests are GIS &RS, urban geography, solid waste management, health and tourism Geography. He has published about twenty research papers in reputed international journals. He is also author of two books. M.Kamraju is Urban Researcher and student. He has obtained his Bachelor degree from Gauhati University in Geography Honors and Post Graduation from Osmania University. He has worked in two major projects by ICSSR and Telangana Biodiversity department. Mr. M.K Raju has two years of teaching experience to Under Graduate students. He has also guided 120 undergraduate students (B.A Geography) for their final year project work in various fields (Agriculture, Urban, Economic, and GIS&RS.ect.) Besides that has done three months Internship from Indian Institute of Surveying and Mapping (IISM) Hyderabad, India in 2017.He has qualified UGC NET and APSET examination. He is the life members of many academic organizations like NAGI, INCA, DERO, Agriculture and Food e-Newsletter, etc. Mr. M.Kamraju has also contributed chapters for eight edited books and more than fifty research journals of National and international standards.