Land Use/Land Cover Variation in Khordha District under Chilika Catchment

Abstract

Human activities have in recent years become recognized as a major force in shaping the biosphere. The land use/land cover pattern of a region is an outcome of natural and socio-economic factors and their utilization by man in time and space. Land is becoming a scarce resource due to immense agricultural and demographic pressure. Remote sensing (RS) and geographic information systems (GIS) techniques provide effective tools for analyzing the land use dynamics of the region as well as for monitoring, mapping and management of natural resources. The objective of the present study is to analyze the land use/land cover dynamics from the year 1975 to 2012. The present study area is the eight nos. of blocks of Khordha district, which are coming under Chilika catchment. From those blocks Chilika and Tangi are coming as total area in the catchment but other six nos. of blocks are partly coming under catchment.

Keywords: Biosphere, natural, demographic, remote sensing, GIS

Cite this Article

Adikanda Ojha, Pritirekha Daspatnaik, Jajnaseni Rout. Land Use/Land Cover Variation in Khordha District under Chilika Catchment. Research and Reviews: Journal of Space Science and Technology. 2016; 5(1): 22–34p.