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Land use/land cover (LULC) change is an extremely significant driving component of ecological degradation in tropical regions where forests are under risk due to various anthropogenic activities. The present study appraises changing pattern of LULC (1999–2017) over the Intanki National Park (INP) in Nagaland (India) using Landsat imageries. Moreover, the study attempts to assess the evaluation of forested landscape at the patch, class and landscape levels of study region. At the class level, distinctive measurements of forest and non-forest classes during the period were compared. The study reveals that several patches were developed in the southern part of that INP while the north-eastern region has lost majority of its forest. The forest constituted 95% in 1999 which was reduced to 84% in 2017. The accuracy assessment of LULC maps derived from satellite imageries indicated > 87% concurrence with the test dataset. This study will be helpful for policy makers to realize the landscape arrangement and plan the region for sustainable growth.
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Authors affirm their earnest gratitude to USGS (http://www.usgs.gov/) for making available of satellite datasets and FRAGSTATS developer for accomplish this study.
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Liezietsu, M. et al. (2022). Quantifying Land Use/Land Cover Change and Landscape Fragmentation Over the Intanki National Park, Nagaland (India) Using Geo-Informatics. In: Singh, R.B., Kumar, M., Tripathi, D.K. (eds) Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems for Policy Decision Support. Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7731-1_19
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