Department of Geography & GIS
Geo-Eye
Year: 2017, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 55-60
Original Article
Shiva Kumar R *
*Guest Faculty, Department of Geography, Jnanabharathi Campus, Bangalore University, Bengaluru -56
Mysuru city is well known for its cultural heritage and is a peace-loving city. Traffic conditions in Mysuru city is changed drastically since the last decade. Growing number of educational institutions, IT industries, commercial establishments and mainly tourism has attracted huge amounts of traffic. As the traffic flow increased, accidents also increased. Assessing the black spots helps in understanding the underlying causes for the accidents and suitable measures accordingly can be adopted. This study aims at identifying and analyzing the black spots in Mysuru city for the year 2015 using geographical information system.
Keywords: Black Spots, GIS, Road Accidents
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