International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Impact of Rubber Plantation Growth on LULC Changes in Eastern-Himalayan Region of West Tripura District Using Geospatial Approach
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Land use and land cover changes depict trends and patterns of an area's land dynamics. The current study revealed the land use characteristics of West Tripura district which is part of the Eastern Himalayan region and shares an international boundary with the neighboring country of Bangladesh. Thus, West Tripura district is a geopolitically highly sensitive area. The capital of Tripura state i.e., Agartala city located in West Tripura district, it gives immense pressure on land use for various developmental activities since Population growth and rapid urbanisation forced. Farmers rely on cash crops rather than subsistence agriculture which impacts the district's land use pattern and modifies the land dynamics. The traditional farmers of West Tripura district very quickly geared to adopt cultivation of rubber plantation from jhum cultivation and tea plantation. All these factors influenced to work out on LULC changes in West Tripura district for the decadal (2000-10 & 2010-20), and for twenty years (2000-20) using Landsat-4 & 5 TM, Landsat-8 OLI and Survey of India topographic maps with help of ArcGIS software for the applications of supervised classification (MLC), Kappa accuracy for Landsat data, conversion matrix, NDVI, NDWI and NDBI. The results revealed that rubber plantations and settlements overlapped on natural vegetation, shrubland, tea plantation, and water bodies in the last 20 years. The water bodies are sinking due to extension of agricultural land. The current study would help to understand the land use characteristics to plan the proper utilization of resources for sustainable development.
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