期刊名称：Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology
印刷版ISSN：2457-1024
出版年度：2022
卷号：41
期号：22
页码：7-17
DOI：10.9734/cjast/2022/v41i2231755
语种：English
出版社：Sciencedomain International
摘要：Landuse/landcoverisakeydriverofglobalenvironmentalchange.Ashiftinlanduseandlandcovercanalterthehumansettlementpatternsandothereconomicdevelopmentsandmayfinallyendupwithenvironmentaldegradation.ThepresentstudyappraisesthelanduseandlandcoverchangesinthemidlandpaddyfieldsofChathannoorPanchayath,Kerala,SouthIndiaoverthelasttwodecades(2002-2019).Thedigitizeddataanalysis,interpretation,mappingandlayoutpreparationweredoneinArcGIS10.3.Resultsofthestudyshowthemostdistinctivechangeslikethedecreaseinareaofpaddycultivationandelevationintheareaofothercrops.Thereductionintheareaofpaddyfieldsmainlyoccurredduringtheperiod2002to2009,withcorrespondingincreaseintheareaofothercrops.Theincreasingcostduetohikeinwagesoflabourersandtherelativepricechangesinfavourofcompetingcropswereresponsibleforthelesscultivationofpaddyfieldsinthestudyarea.Thepracticeofconversionofpaddylandsintocultivationwithothercropsaswellasfornon-agriculturalpurposeincreased.Stringentmeasuresshouldbeenactedtocontrolthesedrasticlandchangesinthestudyarea.Original Research Article .
