Abstract
Mapping has remarkably become an essential tool to represent the land surface processes, utility sites and the interactions of the human activities with the environment. The rapid evolution of geographic information data management and the automation of satellite image interpretation through remote sensing techniques are providing increasingly abundant ways of mapping. Geospatial approach is very useful tool to demonstrate the spatial disparity of land use land cover and the distribution of key areas, Heritage sites, and Tourist utilities. In this paper, an integrated approach of remote sensing, geographic information, GPS and field surveys was utilised to map the Srinagar city. Mapping was sub divided in three broad categories: land use land cover dynamics mapping, tourist utility mapping and cultural heritage mapping. To improve the adverse environmental impacts of urban expansion, planning regulations need to be enforced and effective coordination should be ensured to save the declining natural resource base for sustainable development and tourism. Key words: Geospatial mapping, land use land cover, cultural mapping, tourist utilities and sustainable development.
Highlights
Land use land cover mappingLand use is the term which is referred to human uses of the land, or direct actions changing or altering natural land cover
This paper aims to review the use of integrated approach of remote sensing, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), global positioning systems (GPS) and field surveys for mapping and status of LULC changes, heritage and tourist utility mapping in the Srinagar city
Srinagar is a commercial hub and people prefer to live around their working places in the city which lead to land cover dynamics changes
Summary
Land use is the term which is referred to human uses of the land, or direct actions changing or altering natural land cover. Land cover refers to biophysical characteristics of a particular area. The natural and socioeconomic factors and their utilization by humans in time and space determine the land use land cover pattern of a region (Zubair, 2006; Rahdary, 2008; Bhagawat, 2011; Shiferaw, 2011; Liu et al, 2014). Mankind has been modifying land cover ever since prehistory through the practice of fire to flush out game and, since the dawn of plant and animal taming, through the clearance of bits of land for cultivation and livestock.
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