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Landuse/land cover mapping and change detection using satellite data — a case study of dehlon block, district Ludhiana, Punjab

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The land use information collected for Dehlon block of Ludhiana district, Punjab from the analysis of the IRS-1B LISS-II data for the year 1993 and IRS PAN data for the year 1997 and SOI topographical maps for 1964 revealed a large change in the area of different land use categories during the period from 1964 to 1997. The agricultural land covering an area of about 94.14 per cent in 1964 reduced to 90.26 per cent in 1997. while the area under rural settlements increased from 312 ha in 1964 to 1162 ha in 1997. An extra area of about 169 ha under waste land was added during the period under study making total waste land area to about 400 ha in 1997. However, the block lacks the forest cover of the required limit. Considerable change in living environment was observed in the block. Number of persons per unit settlement area (ha) being 213.3 in 1964 reduced to 97.1 in 1991; it indicate that the living standard of the people of the block has improved with the changed cropping pattern and increased agricultural production during the period from 1964 to 1991.

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  1. Punjab Remote Sensing Centre PAU Campus, 141 004, Ludhiana

    Minakshi R Chaurasia & P K Sharma

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Chaurasia, M.R., Sharma, P.K. Landuse/land cover mapping and change detection using satellite data — a case study of dehlon block, district Ludhiana, Punjab. J Indian Soc Remote Sens 27, 115–121 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02990807

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