Geospatial based Land Use Land Cover Change Detection in Jabalpur district, Madhya Pradesh

Author: Jyoti Lohare, Reena Nair, S.K. Sharma, S.K. Pandey and Shiv Ramakrishnan

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Abstract

For developmental planning and management on sustainable basis of any area mapping and monitoring of land use land cover (LULC) is necessary. For sustainable development of land use land cover to help the planners and policy makers remote sensing and GIS has become a proven tool. This study is an attempt to assess or estimate the change in land use/land cover using remote sensing (RS) and Geographical Information System (GIS) in Jabalpur district, Madhya Pradesh between 2016 and 2022. Sentinel – 2A satellite data for the period has been used to extract LULC using Maximum likelihood supervised classification method. There are five LULC classes were identified in the study area such as agricultural land, built-up land (habitation), open/barren/wasteland, forest, and waterbodies. Results obtained shows increase in built up area and waterbody by 26.70% and 7.88% respectively between 2016 and 2022.

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Sustainable development, Sentinel

Conclusion

This study demonstrated that the recent advances in Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System technologies provide powerful tool for mapping and detecting change in Land Use Land Cover. This research carried out in Jabalpur district, Madhya Pradesh, India using these modern technologies in conjunction with field observations showed both land cover conversion and modifications. The general trend observed by the present study is increase in built up land (habitation) area by 4.45% per annum and very little decrease (0.33%) in agriculture area. The increasing trend of built up area suggest to policy makers to restrict human intervention activities. The findings of the study highlight the need for comprehensive assessment of human activities and the adaptation of suitable measures for the same.

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Jyoti Lohare, Reena Nair, S.K. Sharma, S.K. Pandey and Shiv Ramakrishnan (2023). Geospatial based Land Use Land Cover Change Detection in Jabalpur district, Madhya Pradesh. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 15(10): 585-592.