Abstract
The land is one of the important natural resource next to water, for man to survive on earth. The land use / land cover studies help to understand about a natural vegetation cover over an earth surface and how and up to what extent man is utilizing a land cover for his economic benefit in an area. The present study deals with the land use / land cover change detection in Manjeri municipality, Malappuram district in Kerala. This not only study the existing land use / land cover pattern over the study area but also analyze the level of changes that happened within the span of 47 years. It also clarifies the causes for such changes and suggests remedial measures to overcome such problems. Hence this study will be very beneficial for the study related to natural resource management, regional planners and decision makers regarding sustainable development of Manjeri municipality in Malappuram district, Kerala. Keywords: Land use; Land cover; Manjeri; GIS & Remote sensing
Highlights
Most of the time land use and land cover are used interchangeably
On the other hand, is one of the many biophysical attributes of the land that affect how ecosystems function (Turner et al, 1994).in simple sense Land cover can be defined as the vegetation cover spread over the surface of the earth but land use means how man is utilizing the earth
Land use includes wildlife management area, agricultural land, urban, recreation area etc. in another word we can say that two land parcels may have similar land cover but with different land use
Summary
Most of the time land use and land cover are used interchangeably. But in reality, both are having different meaning. By the advancement of technical field especially in the field of air and space borne remote sensing technique, it is possible to acquire the land use and land cover data for any period of recent time. In another hand the advantage of GIS. An attempt is made to study the land use / land cover patterns in the Manjeri municipality in Malappuram district of Kerala. The physiography of Manjeri municipality is characterized with peaked hills, slopes, and plain areas They are the Chaliyar and Kadalundi river, flowing towards the west into the Arabian Sea
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