AN INTEGRATED APPROACH FOR NATURAL RESOURCES MONITORING USING GEO-INFORMATICS AND CA

Authors

  • Ankita Saxena Research Scholar and Associate Professor Respectively, Civil Engineering Department, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur-302017
  • Mahesh Kumar Jat Research Scholar and Associate Professor Respectively, Civil Engineering Department, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur-302017

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25175/jrd/2018/v37/i2/129697

Keywords:

Geo-spatial, Land use/Land Cover Change, Natural Resources, Cellular Automata.

Abstract

In last few decades, it was observed that land use land cover (LULC) changes are more extensive and occurring at faster pace to meet the developmental demands of ever increasing population. Such unplanned development and growth is leading to adverse impacts on natural resources like degradation of land resources, reduction in vegetation cover, loss of agricultural land, loss of forest, over-exploitation of water resources and environmental degradation. Correct assessment and monitoring of natural resources including land, water and vegetation are prerequisites for sustainable land use planning and optimum utilisation of other natural resources. Geo-spatial technologies like remote sensing, satellite based positioning and mapping, laser based data collection and Geographical Information System (GIS) are very effective in systematic data collection and monitoring of natural resources through LULC change detection. The current study presents integration of geo-spatial technologies and Cellular Automata (CA) - based mathematical modelling for monitoring of natural resources through assessment of LULC changes over a period. Multi-spectral satellite data for different years have been processed to extract historical LULC information and parameterisation of CA based LULC change detection model i.e., SLEUTH. Further, LULC changes and change in natural resources have been predicted for the year 2030 using calibrated model. The study has been found to be successful in demonstrating the use of geo-spatial technologies and SLEUTH in simulating the LULC changes and assessment of natural resources. The study reveals future changes in natural resources which can help planners and authorities to take proactive measures for their sustainable development.

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Published

2018-04-02

How to Cite

Saxena, A., & Jat, M. K. (2018). AN INTEGRATED APPROACH FOR NATURAL RESOURCES MONITORING USING GEO-INFORMATICS AND CA. Journal of Rural Development, 37(2), 341–354. https://doi.org/10.25175/jrd/2018/v37/i2/129697

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