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Mapping and monitoring of urban landuse of Hisar Town, Haryana using remote sensing techniques

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Aerial photographs for the year 1965 and 1975 and Landsat TM (FCC) 1986 data on 1:50,000 scale were used to map and monitor the pattern of growth and development of Hisar Town during the last 20 years. The different landuse categories identified are residential, commercial, industrial, recreational, vacant lands etc. The original shape of the town was nucleated one, but presently it is star-shaped, which is due to extension of the urban centre along the radiating roads. It has mainly elongated itself along the Delhi and Rajgarh roads. The presence of Government Livestock Farm (GLF), Equine Breeding Farm and HAU Farm towards North-west of the town has completely checked its growth on these sides. The total residential-cum-commercial area has nearly doubled during 1965–1975 and trebled by 1986. The change in net area under different types of urban land-use categories, described above has also been calculated. Degraded scrub lands and sandy wasteland on the fringes of the town have been identified where further development can be planned to avoid encroachment on good agricultural lands. Recommendations have been given for future urban planning of the town.

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  1. Department of Soil Science, Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar

    AK Jain & J Nath

  2. Haryana State Remote Sensing Application Centre, Hisar

    RS Hooda & ML Manchanda

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  1. AK Jain
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Jain, A., Hooda, R., Nath, J. et al. Mapping and monitoring of urban landuse of Hisar Town, Haryana using remote sensing techniques. J Indian Soc Remote Sens 19, 125–134 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03008127

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