Land Use/Land Cover Change Detection Using Remote Sensing and GIS Approach in Sawangi Watershed of Yavatmal District, Maharashtra, India
S. S. Dhruw, N. G. Patil, Anurag, R. K. Naitam, N. Kumar, A. Kumar
International Journal of Plant & Soil Science · pp. 335–345 · Published 17 Jul 2023
10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i183296Abstract
Land cover is a physical appearance of land, representing its ecological status. It is dynamically changed due to human interventions, natural disturbances and successions. The research extent of such changes needs to be known for better land use planning decisions. Land use land cover changes during the period of 2008 to 2017 were analyzed usings geographical information system (GIS) and remote sensing data were used to determine the changes based on time-series of Landsat satellite imagery in Sawangi watershed of Yavatmal district, Maharashtra. The comparison of each class of study over these years showed a significant change in land use and land cover. The result showed that there was a high increase in five land cover types, namely: current fallows (12.5 %), wasteland (2.34 %), habitation (0.07 %), industrial area (0.23 %) and water bodies (0.36 %). Contrarily, there was declension in three land cover types, namely: agriculture (12.7 %), shrub land (2.77 %), and forest (9 %). These finding will help in deciding land use planning for future in the watershed.
Cited by 5
Nzuzo Nxumalo, Sifiso Xulu, Ntombifuthi Precious Nzimande · Cogent Social Sciences · 2025
Nzuzo Nxumalo, Ntombifuthi Precious Nzimande, Sifiso Xulu · Frontiers in Environmental Science · 2025
S. A. Rather, A. A. Mir, K. Kapoor · Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering · 2024
Showing 3 of 5 known citations — external sources report more than can currently be individually listed.
Related research
- Spatial and Temporal Trend of Water Resources in Beijing, China during 1999-2012 and Its Impact Analysis — shares topic coverage
- Using GIS to Assess the Contribution of Farming Activities towards Climate Change in the State of Mississippi — shares topic coverage
- Mosquito Larval Species and Geographical Information System (GIS) Mapping of Environmental Vulnerable Areas, Dakhla Oasis, Egypt — shares topic coverage
- GIS-Based Climate Change Induced Flood Risk Mapping in Uhunmwonde Local Government Area, Edo State, Nigeria — shares topic coverage
- Flood Vulnerability Assessment of Settlements in the Niger-benue Trough, Central Nigeria — shares topic coverage
Article metrics
Real usage data collected on this platform.
0
Page views
0
PDF downloads
0
Outbound clicks
5
Citations
Views by country
Approximate, from request IP at view time — not citizenship or institution. Countries with fewer than 5 views are grouped as "Other".
No views recorded yet.
Traffic sources
Referring site, by host.
No traffic recorded yet.
Views and downloads exclude known bots/crawlers. Citations combines this platform's own DOI-resolved index with each external source's own reported total — see Cited by above for individually listed citing works. Last refreshed 0 seconds ago.