Development of Decadal (1985–1995–2005) Land Use and Land Cover Database for India

Autor: Parth S. Roy, Arijit Roy, Pawan K. Joshi, Manish P. Kale, Vijay K. Srivastava, Sushil K. Srivastava, Ravi S. Dwevidi, Chitiz Joshi, Mukunda D. Behera, Prasanth Meiyappan, Yeshu Sharma, Atul K. Jain, Jamuna S. Singh, Yajnaseni Palchowdhuri, Reshma. M. Ramachandran, Bhavani Pinjarla, V. Chakravarthi, Nani Babu, Mahalakshmi S. Gowsalya, Praveen Thiruvengadam, Mrinalni Kotteeswaran, Vishnu Priya, Krishna Murthy V. N. Yelishetty, Sandeep Maithani, Gautam Talukdar, Indranil Mondal, Krishnan S. Rajan, Prasad S. Narendra, Sushmita Biswal, Anusheema Chakraborty, Hitendra Padalia, Manoj Chavan, Satish N. Pardeshi, Swapnil A. Chaudhari, Arur Anand, Anjana Vyas, Mruthyunjaya K. Reddy, M. Ramalingam, R. Manonmani, Pritiranjan Behera, Pulakesh Das, Poonam Tripathi, Shafique Matin, Mohammed L. Khan, Om P. Tripathi, Jyotihman Deka, Prasanna Kumar, Deepak Kushwaha
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Remote Sensing, Vol 7, Iss 3, Pp 2401-2430 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2072-4292
DOI: 10.3390/rs70302401
Popis: India has experienced significant Land-Use and Land-Cover Change (LULCC) over the past few decades. In this context, careful observation and mapping of LULCC using satellite data of high to medium spatial resolution is crucial for understanding the long-term usage patterns of natural resources and facilitating sustainable management to plan, monitor and evaluate development. The present study utilizes the satellite images to generate national level LULC maps at decadal intervals for 1985, 1995 and 2005 using onscreen visual interpretation techniques with minimum mapping unit of 2.5 hectares. These maps follow the classification scheme of the International Geosphere Biosphere Programme (IGBP) to ensure compatibility with other global/regional LULC datasets for comparison and integration. Our LULC maps with more than 90% overall accuracy highlight the changes prominent at regional level, i.e., loss of forest cover in central and northeast India, increase of cropland area in Western India, growth of peri-urban area, and relative increase in plantations. We also found spatial correlation between the cropping area and precipitation, which in turn confirms the monsoon dependent agriculture system in the country. On comparison with the existing global LULC products (GlobCover and MODIS), it can be concluded that our dataset has captured the maximum cumulative patch diversity frequency indicating the detailed representation that can be attributed to the on-screen visual interpretation technique. Comparisons with global LULC products (GlobCover and MODIS) show that our dataset captures maximum landscape diversity, which is partly attributable to the on-screen visual interpretation techniques. We advocate the utility of this database for national and regional studies on land dynamics and climate change research. The database would be updated to 2015 as a continuing effort of this study.
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