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Dynamics of Land Use in India: A Review


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The land use pattern of an area is an outcome of demographic, environmental, technical, and institutional factors. Information on land use changes is necessary for understanding the relationships between humans and the natural environment. The purpose of this article is to review the previous studies on the spatiotemporal changes on land use in India. Drawing upon the enormous information of forty two studies conducted between 1979 and 2019, this article aimed to study the changes in land use pattern and different factors affecting land use using different methods across space and time. The findings show that compound growth rate and percentages were mostly employed to study these changes and regression analysis was used to determine the factors affecting the land use. Moreover, these articles concluded that land use changes occurred as a result of both natural and man-made factors which lead to increase in one category of land use and decrease in another. Therefore, proper monitoring of these land use changes when applied will help the government agencies and environmental managers in managing the use of most scarce natural resource on this planet.

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Land Use, Spatio-Temporal Changes, Compound Growth Rates, Regression Analysis.
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Authors

Shivalika Sood
Department of Agricultural Economics Extension Education & Rural Sociology, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishavidyalaya, Palampur - 176 062, India
Virender Kumar
Department of Agricultural Economics Extension Education & Rural Sociology, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishavidyalaya, Palampur - 176 062, India
Harbans Lal
Department of Agricultural Economics Extension Education & Rural Sociology, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishavidyalaya, Palampur - 176 062, India

Abstract


The land use pattern of an area is an outcome of demographic, environmental, technical, and institutional factors. Information on land use changes is necessary for understanding the relationships between humans and the natural environment. The purpose of this article is to review the previous studies on the spatiotemporal changes on land use in India. Drawing upon the enormous information of forty two studies conducted between 1979 and 2019, this article aimed to study the changes in land use pattern and different factors affecting land use using different methods across space and time. The findings show that compound growth rate and percentages were mostly employed to study these changes and regression analysis was used to determine the factors affecting the land use. Moreover, these articles concluded that land use changes occurred as a result of both natural and man-made factors which lead to increase in one category of land use and decrease in another. Therefore, proper monitoring of these land use changes when applied will help the government agencies and environmental managers in managing the use of most scarce natural resource on this planet.

Keywords


Land Use, Spatio-Temporal Changes, Compound Growth Rates, Regression Analysis.

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