land use/land cover
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Mapping of Land Use/Land Cover Changes in Upper Ponnaiyar Watershed, Tamil Nadu: A Remote Sensing and GIS Approach
Abstract: Land use and land cover is an important element in understanding the interactions of human activities with the environment and thus it is necessary to assess changes. Experiential observation revealed that changes have occurred in land use/land cover and hence an attempt is made to study the changes in land use and land cover in upper Ponnaiyar river basin over a period of 40 years (1973–2013). The study carried out …
Published in Journal of Remote Sensing & GIS · Vol. 5, Issue 3, 2014 · pp. 31–35 Read article
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Dynamics of Land Use/Land Cover Changes in Ballia District, Using Landsat TM Data
Abstract: Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The land use/land cover is an important component to understand the human intervention with the environment. The land use/land cover pattern is an outcome of natural and socio-economic factors and their utilization by man in time and space. Land is becoming a scarce resource due to immense agricultural and demographic pressure. Hence, information on land use/land cover (LU/LC) and possibilities for their optimal use …
Published in Journal of Remote Sensing & GIS · Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2013 · pp. 29–35 Read article