IOPConferenceSeries:EarthandEnvironmentalScienceOPENACCESSTrafficAnalysisandRoadAccidents:ACaseStudyofHyderabadusingGISTocitethisarticle:MBhagyaiahandBShrinagesh2014IOPConf.Ser.:EarthEnviron.Sci.20012026Viewthearticleonlineforupdatesandenhancements.RelatedcontentGISforpublichealth:AstudyofAndhraPradeshBShrinagesh,MarkandeyKalpanaandBaktulaKiran-GamificationandgeospatialhealthmanagementDavidWortley-AnanalysisofLULCchangedetectionusingremotelysenseddata;ACasestudyofBauchiCityKMKafi,HZMShafriandABMShariff-ThiscontentwasdownloadedfromIPaddress92.99.196.80on15/09/2020at10:29TrafficAnalysisandRoadAccidents:ACaseStudyofHyderabadusingGISM.Bhagyaiah1,B.Shrinagesh21ResearchScholar,DepartmentofGeography,OsmaniaUniversity,Hyderabad,India.2AssociateProfessor,DepartmentofGeography,OsmaniaUniversity,Hyderabad,India.E-mail:josebhag@gmail.comAbstract.Globalizationhasimpactedmanydevelopingcountriesacrosstheworld.Indiaisonesuchcountry,whichbenefitedthemost.Increased,economicactivityraisedtheconsumptionlevelsofthepeopleacrossthecountry.Thiscreatedscopeforincreaseintravelandtransportation.Theincreaseinthevehiclessincelast10yearshasputlotofpressureontheexistingroadsandultimatelyresultinginroadaccidents.Itisestimatedthatsince2001thereisanincreaseof202percentoftwowheelerand286percentoffourwheelervehicleswithnoroadexpansion.Motorvehiclecrashesareacommoncauseofdeath,disabilityanddemandforemergencymedicalcare.Globally,morethan1millionpeopledieeachyearfromtrafficcrashesandabout20–50millionareinjuredorpermanentlydisabled.TherehasbeenincreasingtrendinroadaccidentsinHyderabadoverafewyears.GIShelpsinlocatingtheaccidenthotspotsandalsoinanalyzingthetrendofroadaccidentsinHyderabad.1.IntroductionTheprocessofrapidandunplannedurbanizationhasresultedinanunprecedentedrevolutioninthegrowthofmotorvehiclesworld-wide.Thealarmingincreaseinmorbidityandmortalityowingtoroadtrafficincidents(RTI)overthepastfewdecadesisamatterofgreatconcernglobally[1,2,4,5].Currentlymotorvehicleaccidentsrankninthinorderofdiseaseburdenandareprojectedtoberankedthirdintheyear2020[7-9,11-13,15-16].InIndia,morethan70,000peoplegetkilledduetoRTIeveryyear,andthisneedstoberecognizedasanimportantpublichealthissue[3,14,17].VeryfewstudieshaveattemptedtounderstandtheepidemiologyofriskfactorsassociatedwithRTIinIndiancities[10,18].ThepresentstudyaimstoexaminethemagnitudeofthismultifacetedprobleminarapidlydevelopingHyderabadmetropolisandanalysethecausativefactors.Hyderabad,a400yearoldcityisthestatecapitalofAndhraPradesh.ItliesontheDeccanPlateau,541meters(1776ft)abovesealevel,overanareaof625sq.km.ofmunicipalcorporationand7200sq.km.ofHyderabadMetropolitanarea,isthefifthlargestcityinIndia,withapopulationofabove8million.UnlikeotherIndianmetrositcontinuestoattractconsiderablemigrantpopulationduetoitsstrategicgeographicallocation,multilingualandcosmopolitanculture,tremendousgrowthpotentialandinvestment7thIGRSMInternationalRemoteSensing&GISConferenceandExhibitionIOPPublishingIOPConf.Series:EarthandEnvironmentalScience20(2014)012026doi:10.1088/1755-1315/20/1/012026ContentfromthisworkmaybeusedunderthetermsoftheCreativeCommonsAttribution3.0licence.Anyfurtherdistributionofthisworkmustmaintainattributiontotheauthor(s)andthetitleofthework,journalcitationandDOI.PublishedunderlicencebyIOPPublishingLtd1friendlyeconomicpolicyhaspropelledtheoverallpopulationgrowthofthe...
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