Mykolas Romeris University (MRU) Environmental Management LAB Head Prof. Paulo Pereira and a team of researchers March 12th published a research paper in the "Geography and Sustainability" journal exploring urban expansion in India.

The article, "Exploring the Drivers of Urban Expansion in a Medium-Class Urban Agglomeration in India Using the Remote Sensing Techniques and Geographically Weighted Models," was published March 12th, 2023. Prof. Pereira is one of the article's co-authors along with Arijit Das and Tirthankar Basu.

It evaluated the the urban growth drives in a city in India - Raiganj in West Bengal. In the 2011 census, there were 199,758 people living in Raiganj.

Researchers said that the proximity of the city to the transport grid helped shape urban growth in Raiganj. The railway system dates back more than 130 years.

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