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Dynamics of land use and land cover change in peri urban area of Burdwan city, India: a remote sensing and GIS based approach

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Peri-urban area around a city is a dynamic zone that undergoes considerable changes over time in terms of its functional land use. Analogous to other Indian cities, these changes are also evident in the peri-urban villages of Burdwan city, which has seen intense land use changes between 1987 and 2017. These changes are gauged by using LANDSAT-5 Thematic Mapper (TM) for 1987; LANDSAT-7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper (ETM +) for 2002 and LANDSAT 8 (OLI) for 2017. This study makes a unique contribution by combining the use of remote sensing and intensity analysis to evaluate changes in land use and land cover. The results showed that both the 1987–2002 and 2002–2017 time periods experience rapid change and the land use transformation has been accelerated over the whole period. The profound changes in the vegetation and water bodies are amplified by rampant reclamation for built up and commercial purposes. Results show that the proportion of vegetation and waterbodies decreased by 72.3% and 56.3%, respectively, whereas built-up area has increased by 182.8%. The research also revealed a built up pattern mostly towards the north-west, north, North-East and south-east direction. The current study attempts to analyse the variables causing land transformation and the many actors and their roles in driving these alterations. Finally, the extensive explanation and spatio-temporal differentiation maps and tables created with geospatial data will undoubtedly aid in understanding the peri-urban growth dynamics process and changing form of land-use land cover and aid the decision-making process of local planners, stakeholders, and academicians.

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Abbreviations

DCHB:

District Census Hand Book

ETM+ :

Enhanced thematic mapper plus

EROS:

Earth resources observation and science

FCC:

False colour composite

GIS:

Geographical Information system

IA:

Intensity Analysis

LULC:

Land use and land cover

MLC:

Maximum likelihood classifier

MSS:

Multi-spectral scanner image

OLI:

Operational land imager

TM:

Thematic mapper

TOA:

Top of atmosphere

RGB:

Red, green and blue colour composite

UI:

Uniform intensity

USGS:

United States Geological Survey

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Arif, M., Sengupta, S., Mohinuddin, S.K. et al. Dynamics of land use and land cover change in peri urban area of Burdwan city, India: a remote sensing and GIS based approach. GeoJournal 88, 4189–4213 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-023-10860-3

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