International Journal of Science, Engineering and Computer Technology

Sandeep Kumar ¹, Randhir Singh Sangwan ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Geography, M.D. University, Rohtak, Haryana, IN

Abstract

Urban growth of Sonipat city within the last 42 years is observed through MC map of different time which points out the dramatic change in the city scape. The land use change is based on satellite imagery of LISS-111 2002 and 2011. Land use/land cover classification is based on supervised classification. Supervised classification was performed for the four major land use/land cover category; buih-up area, agricultural land/vegetation, open/bare land and water bodies through Eradas 9.0. Arc GIS 9.3 software is used to prepare the thematic maps. Ground truth observations were also performed to check the accuracy from Google earth. Toposheet at a scale of 1:50000 have been used for geo-referencing the MC map of study area. Census data and MC map have been used to analyse the population growth and areal extension.

Keywords

Urban Growth, Land Use Changes, Areal Extension and GIS.

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Mala Sharma ¹, Manju Sharma ², Sandeep Kumar ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Geography, Govt. College for Women, Rohtak, IN
2 Department of Geography, D.N.P.G, Hisar, IN
3 Department of Geography, M.D University, Rohtak, IN

Abstract

Satellite data has been used to analysis land use changes in this study. Supervised classification has been performed within Eradas software. Topographic sheet No.H43Ql6, H43R4, H43W13 and H43X1 at scale of 1:50,000 are used for the geo-referencing of M.C. map of study area in different time periods. Study revealed that built-up area is increased 432.71 hectares to 1561.62 hectare over the past 21 years, near about 4 times 1989-2011 and agriculture/vegetation area decreased from 2181.93 hectares to ll43.90 hectares during the period.

Keywords

Urban Expansion, Cityscape, GIS and Remote Sensing.

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