Abstract
Land use and land cover transformation have turned out to be a dynamic factor in recent strategies for dealing with natural resources and monitoring environmental changes. The research aimed to assessment of Land use and Land cover pattern of Gujarat State. The study area was classified and mapped into four broad land cover classes i.e., agriculture, fallow, barren/unculturable/wastelands, built-up, forest, wet lands and water bodies. The land use and land cover data were collected from NRSC of the year 2015-16. The state has been categorized into four divisions i.e., Central Gujarat, north Gujarat, Saurashtra-Kutch & south Gujarat. The Land use and land cover of Gujarat state to the geographical area of the state has 52.1% of its area under agriculture, 6.3% of fallow land, 21.0% of Barren/Unculturable/wastelands, 2.7% of Builtup, 11.1% of forest, 3.4% of wetlands and 3.4% of water bodies. Keywords: Land Use; Land Cover
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