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Analysis of land use / land cover using remote sensing techniques – a case study of Karur District, Tamil Nadu, India

Author:

Balachandar, D., Rutharvel Murthy, K., Muruganandam, R., Sumathi, M., Sundararaj, P. and Kumaraswamy, K.

Subject Area:

Social Sciences and Humanities

Abstract:

The present study was aimed to find out the land use / land cover categories of Karur District. The total area of the District is 2,896 sq.km. The District located in the central part of Tamil Nadu. The study has made use of satellite imagery to identify the land use/land cover status of the study area during 2008. The image has been classified using ERDAS image processing software by employing supervised classification techniques. The District has been classified into five land use categories such as built-upland, agricultural land, forest, waste lands and water bodies on the basis of NRSA classifications. Among all classes, agriculture land is predominant in the study area, which has about 2,595.25 sq.km (89.63%), other waste lands occupies around 20.33 sq.km (4.15%), forest lands covers 98.88 sq.km (3.41%), water bodies possess 70.34 sq.km (2.43%) and built-upland covers 10.77 sq.km (0.37%) respectively.

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