Impact of Road Widening on Land Use Land cover: A Case Study of Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya
- Author PK Ryngnga
- Co-Author Marius K.F. Lynrah
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- Country : India
- Subject : Geography
Keywords : land use, land cover, change, detection, pattern, evaluation
Abstract
Land is the most important natural resources which embody soil, water and associated flora and fauna involving the total system. The growing pressure of population coupled with increasing demands on land resources has brought extra pressure on the available land. In order to monitor and evaluate dynamic Land Use changes, GIS and remote sensing can effectively be used as it has the capability to acquire data timely at regular interval and becomes useful data source for land use monitoring. In addition, GIS has the capabilities to manipulate and analyse spatial and temporal data can be used to map, monitor and identify driving forces and measure the intensity of land use transformation. Thus, this paper will emphasise the role of Remote Sensing and GIS in detecting the landuse change pattern and transformation that impacted the land and man and will evaluate the impact of change on the other hand.
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