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National Land Use Land Cover Mapping Using Multi-

Temporal Satellite Data
rd
(3 Cycle)-2015-16

Introduction

Land use and land cover is an important component to understand global land
status; it shows present as well as past status of the earth surface. Nowadays, land
use land cover analysis plays an important role in the field of environmental science
and natural resource management. The Land cover reflects the biophysical of state of
the earth’s surface and immediate surface, including the soil material, vegetation and
water. Land use refers to utilization of land resources by human beings and land cover
changes often reflects the most significant impact on environment due to excessive
human activities. Land use and land cover is dynamic in nature and provides a
comprehensive understanding of the interaction and relationship of anthropogenic
activities with the environment. Land use/cover changes also involve the modification,
either direct or indirect, of a natural habitat and their impact on the ecology of the area.
Land use/cover change has become a central component in current strategies for
managing natural resource and monitoring environmental changes. Land use/cover
pattern of a region gives information about the natural and socio-economic factors,
human livelihood and development. Like other resources, land resource is also
delimiting due to very high demand of agricultural products and increasing population
pressure day by day. Hence, information of land use/cover and possibilities of their
optimal use is essential for the selection, planning and implementation of the land use
schemes to meet the increasing human needs and welfare. This also provides the
information for managing dynamics of land use and meeting the demands of
increasing human population.

Objectives

National Remote Sensing Centre, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO),
Department of Space, Government of India in collaboration with various State, Central
Government Departments and Institutions has completed first and second cycle of
LULC 50K interpretation using Resource-sat LISS III data of 2005-06 and 2011-12
respectively using NNRMS Level-III classification system on 1:50,000 scale.
Establishing the Natural Resources Repository (NRR) is the overall goal under
NNRMS. Reliable database on the spatial spread and monitoring the dynamics of the
land use/land cover is the basic prerequisite for planning and implementing various
developmental activities. Apart from this, nationwide land use information becomes

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