*Surendra P¹, Parthasarathy R² (1. Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Bangalore University, 2. Student, Department of Geography, Bangalore University)

*Ravindranath B K¹, Arun Das S², Koichi Kimoto³ (1. Retired Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of Mysore, Mysore, 2. Professor,Department of Geography, University of Mysore, Mysore. , 3. Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan)

*Anilkumar V¹, Dr. Surendra P² (1. Research Scholar, Department of Geography, Bangalore University, 2. Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Bangalore University)

*Subhash Anand¹, Harish Kumar¹ (1. Department of Geography, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007, India.)

*Ravikiran T¹, Prof. Ashok D Hanjagi² (1. Research Scholar, Department of Geography, Bangalore University, 2. Professor, Department of Geography, Bangalore University)

*Ashok D Hanjagi¹, Ravikiran T², Aparna B² (1. Senior Professor, Department of Geography & Geoinformatics, Bangalore University, 2. Research Scholar, Department of Geography & Geoinformatics, Bangalore University)