Temporal Land-use Change Analysis of Patiala-Ki-Rao Watershed in Shivalik Foot-Hills using Remote Sensing and GIS

Kallem Sushanth; Anil Bhardwaj; Loshali D. C; Pateriya B.

doi:10.52151/jae2018554.1669

Authors

Kallem Sushanth Department of Soil and Water Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana Author
Anil Bhardwaj Department of Soil and Water Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana Author
Loshali D. C Punjab Remote Sensing Centre, Ludhiana, Punjab, India. Author
Pateriya B. Punjab Remote Sensing Centre, Ludhiana, Punjab, India. Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52151/jae2018554.1669

Keywords:

Landsat imagery, land-use change, supervised classification, change detection matrix, Patiala-ki-Rao watershed

Abstract

Land-use change due to urbanization is continuously decreasing agricultural and forest lands that has important implications on the sustainable livelihood of the inhabitants of a watershed. In this study, land-use maps of Patiala-Ki-Rao watershed that is located in Shivalik foot-hills in Mohali district, Punjab were generated in GIS environment using Landsat imageries for the years 2006 and 2016 with overall classification accuracy and Kappa statistic of above 90 % and 0.9, respectively. The analysis of land-use maps indicated that the area under all land-uses decreased over a decade, except built-up land that increased by 372.27 ha (112.04 %) mainly due to urbanisation in the watershed. The change detection matrix revealed that out of 906.98 ha under agricultural land in 2006, 197.43 ha were mainly converted to built-up land. Likewise, from forest cover of 3462.21 ha in 2006, 151.11 ha were converted to agricultural land and 75.05 ha to built-up land. These land-use changes, if continued, may cause a serious threat to watershed resources, and hence calls for proper land-use policy formulation.

Author Biographies

Kallem Sushanth, Department of Soil and Water Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana

P. G. Student
Anil Bhardwaj, Department of Soil and Water Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana

Professor
Loshali D. C, Punjab Remote Sensing Centre, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.

Scientist SF
Pateriya B., Punjab Remote Sensing Centre, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.

Director

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