Authors : R.A.More
Page Nos : 148-155
Description :
Land use and land cover is an important constituent in understanding the interactions of the human activities with the environment and thus its essential to be able to simulate changes. The Present paper attempted the change detection of land use during 1990 to 2020 on the basis of Remote Sensing data and GI Software. The base map Land use and land Cover is prepared with the help of Landsat 5 TMin year 1990 and Landsat 8 OLI in year 2020. It is found that considerable change in land use and land covers have been detected during 1990 to 2020 on the Landsat 5 TM and Landsat 8OLI Imagery. The present study of land use on a micro scale natural region of meso watershed like Waghur Basin. Amongst various parameters of the land uses following five have been considered in this study agriculture land, forest, Bare Land, Settlement and waterbodies. The catchment of Waghur Basin is 2485 sq.km and it extends between 20º 27’32.04’’ North latitude to 21º 05’ 43.16’’ North latitude and 74º 30’ 7.35’’ East to 76 º 05’ 1.65 ‘’ East longitudes. The five classes were distinctly produced for each study year but with more emphasis on Settlement and Agriculture land as it is a combination of anthropogenic activities that make up this class; and indeed, it is one that affects the other classes.
