ASSESSMENT OF LAND USE AND LAND COVER PATTERN OF GUJARAT STATE

Holly Dehingia; P Surendra

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DOI: 10.53989/bu.ga.v9i1.10

Year: 2020, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 52-58

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ASSESSMENT OF LAND USE AND LAND COVER PATTERN OF GUJARAT STATE

Holly Dehingia¹, P Surendra²

¹M.Sc. Student, Department of Geography, Bangalore University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
²Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Bangalore University, Bengaluru, Karnataka,
India

Received Date:11 March 2020, Accepted Date:24 May 2020

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Abstract

Land use and land cover transformation have turned out to be a dynamic factor in recent strategies for dealing with natural resources and monitoring environmental changes. The research aimed to assessment of Land use and Land cover pattern of Gujarat State. The study area was classified and mapped into four broad land cover classes i.e., agriculture, fallow, barren/unculturable/wastelands, built-up, forest, wet lands and water bodies. The land use and land cover data were collected from NRSC of the year 2015-16. The state has been categorized into four divisions i.e., Central Gujarat, north Gujarat, Saurashtra-Kutch & south Gujarat. The Land use and land cover of Gujarat state to the geographical area of the state has 52.1% of its area under agriculture, 6.3% of fallow land, 21.0% of Barren/Unculturable/wastelands, 2.7% of Builtup, 11.1% of forest, 3.4% of wetlands and 3.4% of water bodies.

Keywords: Land Use; Land Cover

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