Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper

LAND USE/LAND COVER CHANGE STUDY FL CHITRAKOOT AND ITS ENVIRON'S USING REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUE

Shivesh P. Singh and Rajesh Saxena

Abstract

Changes in land use/land cover over a period of 20 years were studied, using space based satellite remote sensing technique in part of Chitrakoot area of Satna district falling within the state boundary of MR and is a well known historical place of district.The environmental changes in and around the study area have been clearly identified, mapped and monitored by the visual comparison of land use/land cover maps, which was prepared by using SOI topomaps of year I 974-75 and space borne remote sensing satellite data of Year I 996, using visual interpretation techniques along with revenue map of the area. Results shows rapid environmental changes in land use / land cover as well as sociocultural scenario of the study area.