Introduction.- -Background.- -Significance.- -Objectives.- -Research Questions.- -Methodological Overview.- Review of Literature.- -Urban Growth and Sprawl.

- -Physical Patterns and Forms of Urban Growth and Sprawl.- -Temporal Process of Urban Growth and Sprawl.- -Remote Sensing for the Analysis of Urban Growth and Sprawl.- -Measurement and Analysis of Urban Growth and Sprawl.- -Administrative versus Natural Boundary for the Analysis.- -Determining the Natural Boundary of the City.- -Subdivision of Natural City Extent. -Similar Studies in India.

- -Similar Studies on Kolkata.- -Scope of the Research.- Methodology.- -Data.- -Software Used.- -Image Registration.- -Encoding Hardcopy Map.- -Encoding Vector Maps.

- -Image Classification.- -Assessment of Classification Accuracy.- -Subsetting of Remote Sensing Data.- -Determining the Natural Boundary of the City.- -Subdivision of Natural City Extent.- -Calculating the Built-up Area.- -Generation of KMC Boundary.- -Analysis Based on Administrative Boundary.

- -Analysis Based on Natural Boundary.- -City of Kolkata.- Result and Discussion.- -Classified Imagery and Change Map.- -Results from Analysis--Based on Administrative Boundary.- -Results from Analysis--Based on Natural Boundary.- -Comparison of Sprawl Analyses.- -Degree of Freedom and Goodness.

- -Boundary of the city.- -Application of the Results.- -Limitations of the Research.- Conclusions.- -Conclusions.- -Scope of Future Research.