A TEMPORAL LAND USE / LAND COVER CHANGE DETECTION IN MANJERI MUNICIPALITY, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT, KERALA

T Anuradha; Zafir Ahamad

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DOI: 10.53989/bu.ge.v9i1.5

Year: 2020, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 21-25

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A TEMPORAL LAND USE / LAND COVER CHANGE DETECTION IN MANJERI MUNICIPALITY, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT, KERALA

T Anuradha¹, Zafir Ahamad²

¹Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Osmania University, 500007, Hyderbad, India
²Research Scholar, Department of Geography, Osmania University, 500007, Hyderabad, India

Received Date:22 January 2020, Accepted Date:18 April 2020

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Abstract

The land is one of the important natural resource next to water, for man to survive on earth. The land use / land cover studies help to understand about a natural vegetation cover over an earth surface and how and up to what extent man is utilizing a land cover for his economic benefit in an area. The present study deals with the land use / land cover change detection in Manjeri municipality, Malappuram district in Kerala. This not only study the existing land use / land cover pattern over the study area but also analyze the level of changes that happened within the span of 47 years. It also clarifies the causes for such changes and suggests remedial measures to overcome such problems. Hence this study will be very beneficial for the study related to natural resource management, regional planners and decision makers regarding sustainable development of Manjeri municipality in Malappuram district, Kerala.

Keywords: Land use; Land cover; Manjeri; GIS & Remote sensing

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