Forest Research: Open Access
Open Access
ISSN: 2168-9776
ISSN: 2168-9776
Department of Regional Planning and Economic Growth, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
Research
Mapping and Analyzing Land Use/Land Cover Changes: A Case Study of Tawa River Basin, Hoshangabad District, MP, India
Author(s): Pradeep Kumar Rajput*
Land use and land cover is dynamic process to understand the anthropogenic activity impact on land and other environment attribute that leads to other problems and land use change are important for identifying vulnerable areas for change and cause a problem in the ecosystem services. This study analyzed the status of LULC changes and key drivers of change for the last 20 years through a combination of remote sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS) approach, understanding of LULC patterns and drivers in the Tawa river basin. Five major LULC types (Forest cover, Agriculture, Water body, Range land and Settlement) from Landsat images of 1999, 2009, and 2019 were mapped. The results demonstrated that Agriculture and Forest constituted the most extensive type of LULC in the study area and increased by 25.6% extent. It also revealed that a substantial expansion of range land areas d.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2168-9776.24.13.498