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Application of remote sensing and GIS to assess land use changes in Jhunjhunun district of arid Rajasthan [1]

Over the last four decades exploitation of natural resources to meet increasing societal demands for land based products has caused significant changes in land use and land cover not only in nature's best gifted regions but also environmentally sensitive arid regions.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2009
J. S. Chauhan [2], Balak Ram [3]
Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing [4]
37
4
671
Tags:
Grazing Lands [5], Land [6], Land Use [7], Wastelands [8], Agriculture [9], Water Resources [10], Irrigation [11], Remote Sensing [12], Geographical Information Systems (GIS) [13], Rajasthan [14], Jhunjhunun (D) [15]
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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/j-s-chauhan
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/balak-ram
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/journal-indian-society-remote-sensing
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/grazing-lands
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-use
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wastelands
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-resources
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/irrigation
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/remote-sensing
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/geographical-information-systems-gis
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rajasthan
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jhunjhunun-d