Land Transformation in the Western Periphery of Chandigarh: A Case Study Using Remote Sensing and GIS
Journal Title: International Journal of Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies (IJIMS) - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 3
Abstract
Land is the basic natural resource that provides habitat and sustenance for living organisms, and a major source of economic activities (UNEP, 2001). The growing pressure of population coupled with an increasing variety of demands being made on land resource have brought extra pressure on the available resources all over the country (Kumar and Radhakrishnan, 2010). Hence it is a necessary and a pre- requisite to know the present or existing use of land in order to plan for its optimal use. Timely and reliable information base is essential for effective land use management. The present study is taken to study the land use and land cover patterns and change, land transformation, and to find out the drivers of the land transformation in the western periphery of Chandigarh over last one decade (2005-2015). The present study is conducted using high resolution satellite data collected from different sources such as IRS, LandSAT, and Google Earth. Data is collected, geo-referenced and brought to same scale. On screen digitization process was followed to identify the LULC classes in the study area. LULC patters, change in the pattern and transformation maps was prepared. Govt. records, published reports and interview with govt officials and local residents were conducted to find the underlying drivers of the change.
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Ravinder Singh, Kumari Preeti
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