Dynamic Change Analysis of Land Use/Land Cover in Birsinghpur Area Using geo-informatics

Abstract: Land use and Land cover changes have a strong effect on the environment and its surroundings. Land Use Land Cover (LULC) change analysis assists decision-makers to ensure sustainable development and understanding the dynamics of our changing environment. This research study provides a comparative analysis of land use and land cover (LULC) changes and investigates the major factors that have caused these changes. Steep topography, shallow soils, and monsoonal climatic conditions. A classification system is composed of five classes – habitation, waterbody, Agriculture, wasteland, and forest. Digital change detection techniques by using multi-temporal satellite imagery helps in understanding landscape dynamics. In the recent study, we have to use IRS P6 LISS IV satellite imageries that have been downloaded from the USGS website (://glovis.usgs.gov) and WV02 (MAP_IT) Satellite imageries over the 5 years of two different time periods (2011-2017). The present study illustrates the spatiotemporal dynamics of land use/cover of part of Birsinghpur tehsil, district Satna, MP India.
Present study of part of Birsinghpur tehsil land use land cover from 2011-12 to 2016-17 shows rapid change in the LULC as there is high growth in the Wasteland and minor growth in the built-up area only within five years. Wasteland has occupied the Agriculture lands and forest are while forest has reduced marginally and water body is showing almost stagnant condition over time.

Keywords: Remote Sensing and GIS, Land Use and Land Cover Change, Spatiotemporal Pattern, Thematic Maps, Birsinghpur tehsil boundary