EVALUATING URBANISATION BY LAND USE / LAND COVER CHANGE DETECTION IN COIMBATORE USING REMOTE SENSING AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM

K. BALAJI¹*, R. KUMARAPERUMAL², K.P. RAGUNATH³, R. JAGADEESWARAN^4
1Department of Soil and Water Conservation Engineering, Agricultural Engineering College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, Tamil Nadu, India
²Department of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, Tamil Nadu, India
³Department of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, Tamil Nadu, India
⁴Agricultural College and Research Institute, Kudumiyanmalai, 622104, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, Tamil Nadu, India
* Corresponding Author : balajikannan@tnau.ac.in

Received : 30-03-2020     Accepted : 13-04-2020     Published : 15-04-2020
Volume : 12     Issue : 7       Pages : 9706 - 9709
Int J Agr Sci 12.7 (2020):9706-9709

Keywords : Urbanisation, Remote sensing and GIS, LULC
Academic Editor : K. Balasubramani, Dr P K Bhanja
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Soil and Water Conservation Engineering, Agricultural Engineering College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, Tamil Nadu, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

The fast expansion of built-up areas due to increase in population and economic growth is creating more demand on natural resources thereby causing dramatic changes in the Land Use and Land Cover (LULC). Remote sensing and GIS are ideal tools for understanding the changes in land use /land cover for any temporal resolution. The present work evaluates the LULC changes and urban expansion in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. Landsat 7 and Landsat 8 data has been used in this study for 2001 and 2014 respectively and analysis is done using Quantum GIS. The results indicate that the built-up area has been extensively increased during the study period, which indicates Urbanisation is on the growth in the study area.

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