Ramachandra, TV and Bharath, Settur and Bharath, Aithal (2014) SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS ALONG THE TERRAIN GRADIENT OF DIVERSE LANDSCAPE. In: JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT, 22 (1). pp. 50-63.
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Land use (LU) land cover (LC) information at a temporal scale illustrates the physical coverage of the Earth's terrestrial surface according to its use and provides the intricate information for effective planning and management activities. LULC changes are stated as local and location specific, collectively they act as drivers of global environmental changes. Understanding and predicting the impact of LULC change processes requires long term historical restorations and projecting into the future of land cover changes at regional to global scales. The present study aims at quantifying spatio temporal landscape dynamics along the gradient of varying terrains presented in the landscape by multi-data approach (MDA). MDA incorporates multi temporal satellite imagery with demographic data and other additional relevant data sets. The gradient covers three different types of topographic features, planes; hilly terrain and coastal region to account the significant role of elevation in land cover change. The seasonality is another aspect to be considered in the vegetation dominated landscapes; variations are accounted using multi seasonal data. Spatial patterns of the various patches are identified and analysed using landscape metrics to understand the forest fragmentation. The prediction of likely changes in 2020 through scenario analysis has been done to account for the changes, considering the present growth rates and due to the proposed developmental projects. This work summarizes recent estimates on changes in cropland, agricultural intensification, deforestation, pasture expansion, and urbanization as the causal factors for LULC change.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Publication: | JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT |
| Publisher: | VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECH UNIV |
| Additional Information: | copyright for this article belongs to VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECH UNIV, SAULETEKIO AL 11, VILNIUS, LT-10223, LITHUANIA |
| Keywords: | land use land cover (LULC); environmental impact assessment; spatial analysis; remote sensing; landscape metrics; fragmentation; terrain gradient; simulation |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Biological Sciences > Centre for Ecological Sciences Division of Mechanical Sciences > Centre for Sustainable Technologies (formerly ASTRA) |
| Date Deposited: | 26 May 2014 11:32 |
| Last Modified: | 26 May 2014 11:32 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/48995 |
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