Land Use/Cover Mapping of Konkan Region, Maharashtra

Journal Title: International Journal of Current Research and Review - Year 2017, Vol 9, Issue 10

Abstract

The land is used for different activity, such as agriculture, forests, mining, transport, settlement, entertaining and manufacturing. The unused lands are unproductive waste and i.e. barren and fallow (temporary and permanent) land. Green canopy plays an important role in maintain surface temperature and humidity. The present study land use and land cover was identified through exploratory analysis, done on the bases of multitemporal Landsat TM data. The final classification map provided the land use and land cover information. The ground truthing was used to assess the accuracy of the land use and land cover analysis. Three specific bands were used with reasonable success to correlate soil, wetness and vegetation. The present study the cropland covers the highest area 10814 square kilometer in percent 35.17. Dense forest cover second large area 5653 square kilometer in percent 18.39. The settlement covers the lowest area, which is 678 square kilometer in percent 2.18. Combinations of supervised and unsupervised classifications were conducted to define land cover and land use types for the study area. The resulting products of the exploratory analyses and classification were then used to assess spatial patterns of land cover and land use in the study area.

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Arjun B. Doke

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  • EP ID EP609694
  • DOI 10.7324/IJCRR.2017.9101
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Arjun B. Doke (2017). Land Use/Cover Mapping of Konkan Region, Maharashtra. International Journal of Current Research and Review, 9(10), 1-6. https://www.europub.co.uk/articles/-A-609694