Integrated Approach in LULC Mapping and Analysis: A Case Study of Chandraprabha Basin Eastern Uttar Pradesh

Land is becoming a scarce resource due to immense agricultural and demographic pressure. Hence, information on land use/land cover (LULC) and possibilities for their optimal use is essential for the selection, planning and implementation of land use schemes to meet the increasing demands for basic human needs and welfare. Integrated approach of both the techniques modern (remote sensing and GIS) as well as traditional (statistical magazine) are used in present paper for mapping and analysis of LULC. Remote sensing provided a very powerful data base and techniques of analysis for resources inventory, environmental monitoring and other features of geo-environmental management. It has provides both data base (raster form) and interpretation techniques which can directly be used in GIS. Using GIS technology, users are now able to process both maps and tabular data to facilitate for a new perception of spatial visualization of information. In present paper, attempt has been made to map and analyze the land resources in Chandraprabha basin, Eastern Uttar Pradesh.