Population Pressure and Changing Land Use Land Cover in Morigaon District, Assam, India - A Geospatial Analysis
Rimlee Bora,
Ashok Kumar Bora
Abstract:Objective: This study intends to prioritize the underlying mechanisms underpinning the spatial-temporal variations in Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) change in the Morigaon district, located in the middle part of Brahmaputra valley of Assam, India covering an area of 1498 km2.At the same time, this study focuses on the impact of population pressure on changing LULC in the study area. Methods: This research adopted geospatial approach for analysing land use land cover change in the study area. Satellite images f… Show more
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