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- Title
Temporal Analysis of Land Use and Land Cover Changes in Lahore-Pakistan.
- Authors
Shirazi, S. A.
- Abstract
Today, the population of the world is more than 7 billion and more than half of it is living in cities and defined urban areas. This ever increasing population has altered and modified most of Earth's land surfaces. The processes of urbanization and urban development together with technologies have brought about change in the land use and lands cover (hereafter referred to as LULC), both at global and regional scale in due course of time. Pakistan is by no means an exception and all the major cities of the country are experiencing the change. Remote sensing data with auxiliary techniques provide dependable, updated and precise information for LULC mapping and future planning. This research paper aims at better understanding of the land use and land cover classes and subsequent change for the Lahore district (Punjab) by using three sets of Landsat images (1992,2001 and 2009). A systematic on-the- screen visual image interpretation approach was used to delineate the land use classes using GIS software. Based on visual image interpretation techniques; the author divided the study area into five classes (built-up, vegetation, open area, water bodies and mixed class). All these classes have recorded marked changes. The results of present LULC research can be of use both at macro and micro level in urban and regional planning in the district of Lahore.
- Subjects
LAHORE (Pakistan); LAND use; METROPOLITAN areas; URBANIZATION; POPULATION &; economics
- Publication
Pakistan Vision, 2012, Vol 13, Issue 1, p187
- ISSN
1681-5742
- Publication type
Article