SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF LAND USE AND LAND COVER IN DELHI-NCR USING SATELLITE DATA

Abstract

: This paper provides a comparative analysis of land use and land cover (LULC) changes among the study area of two decades (1999-2019). Landsat images (i.e., Landsat-5 and Landsat-8) acquired during the years of 1999, 2009, and 2019 were used to examine LULC changes in Delhi-NCR. A classification composed of five classes- i.e., Crop Land, Barren Land, Forest, Water, and Built-up were design for this study. This research indicates the necessity to implement change detection at multiple scales for better understanding the mechanism of LULC change patterns. The result indicates that the significant changes in LULC have occurred over time, with a rise in built-up, water, and cropland, and a decrease in forest and barren land. Built-up area has increased by 89.29 percent and water by 29.34 percent and crop land by 1.85 percent, while the forest and barren land have decreased by -81.51 and -9.02 percent respectively.