Title : Land use land cover change for Dehradun District of Uttarakhand from 2000-2020
Abstract:
Land cover indicates unprecedented at local, regional as well as at the world level. The changes build an enormous pressure on the surrounding environment and leading to climate change and loss of biodiversity. Thus, in this study we to detect changes in land use land cover classes in Dehradun district of Uttarakhand state. The study has been carried out for 20 years changes are determined with an interval of 5 years that is 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2020. Changes in urban - and forest area are detected using remote sensing (RS) and GIS techniques. These classification reveals significant changes in the study area from 2000 to 2020, it was found that there was a decline in dense vegetation by 9.00% and increase in built up area by 2.32% which may be due to the increase in urbanization and industrialization across 20 years. This study can play prime role in planning further development activities over the study region.
