SATELLITE DATA BASED LANDUSE AND LANDCOVER CHANGE ANALYSIS IN SOUTHEASTERN PART OF PANCHKULA CITY, HARYANA

Landuse refers to the use of land by human beings while the land cover refers to the natural cover on land. Landuse and land cover mapping is important for better developmental planning purpose. In the present time remote sensing satellite data, geographical information system (GIS) and global positioning system (GPS) are widely used in mapping of land use and land cover. In the present study landuse and land cover change analysis of southeastern part of Panchkula city have been done using Google Earth satellite data of 2002 and 2018. Satellite data downloaded from Google Earth and geo-referenced in ArcGIS 10.4 software. Landuse and landcover classes had been interpreted and field visit was done at selected location to check the interpreted data. Final maps were prepared and area of landuse and land cover classes were calculated. The study shows that during the year 2002 to 2018 built-up land area increased 95.01Hect, agriculture land area increased 1.24Hect., river course area decreased 20.35 Hect., vacant land area decreased 119.43Hect., park area increased 14.64 Hect., open scrub area decreased 7.82 Hect., road area increased 7.21 Hect.,water body area increased 0.02 Hect. and forest area increased 30.48 Hect. The study can be used for monitoring land use and land cover for planning purpose in the study area.