Monitoring Monitoring Land Use Land Cover Changes in the Yamuna River Basin Using GIS and Remote Sensing Techniques

Abstract

Analyzing changes in land use and land cover is essential to comprehending environmental changes and how they affect natural resources. The present study uses remote sensing and geographic information system techniques to examine the spatial and temporal dynamics of land use and land cover in the Yamuna watershed between 1994 and 2024. A variety of land cover categories, including farmland, forests, built-up land, aquatic bodies, and barren ground, were classified using multi-temporal satellite imagery. The techniques used to classify images and detect change were used to determine land cover changes over the time of the study. The findings show that there has been a great growth in built-up areas and agricultural land, and the areas of forest and natural vegetation have also reduced in specific areas of the watershed. Urbanization, infrastructure expansion, and fast population growth are the main causes of these shifts. The combination of the remote sensing data with GIS became an effective method of monitoring the LULC dynamics and assisting in the management of the watersheds and the environmental planning.