An Application of GIS Techniques Towards Pasture Land Use Studies
In fact the concept of land varies with the time and person concern. With the increasing pressure of population on the earth, the scientists are compelled to think about the land afresh. In this context, the present study involves an scientific investigat
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Abstract In fact the concept of land varies with the time and person concern. With the increasing pressure of population on the earth, the scientists are compelled to think about the land afresh. In this context, the present study involves an scientific investigation in the upper catchment area of Kangsabati watershed situated in the western part of Purulia district, bounded by latitude 23° 05′N to 23° 30′N and longitude 86° E to 86° 20′E. Tributaries of Kangsabati River are the main drainage in the area. In spite of moderate average annual rainfall (1446.4 mm) groundwater recharge is inadequate due to lack of permeability in the country rock. Present research involves planning pertaining to land use in a chronically drought-hit and degraded land. The main objective of this investigation is to identify suitable potential zones within the fallow or waste land for pasture development which will ultimately support a livestock rearing livelihood to the local rural and tribal poor. The different thematic layers of the area involving slope, drainage, lineament, surface water bodies, hydro-geomorphology and land use or land cover have been generated using SOI topographical sheets (73 I/3, 73 I/4 and 73 I/7), IRS-IB and IRS-P6 LISSIVMX satellite data aided by field verification for ground truth. The layers are analyzed in GIS environment and it reveals the potential pasture zones which are suitable for grazing by local livestock community. Generated digital maps in GIS environment have revealed many suitable areas for grazing as well as live stock watering.
Urbasi Roy ⋅ Debasish Das (✉) ⋅ Mihir Bhatta Department of Environmental Science, University of Kalyani, Kalyani 741235, India e-mail: [email protected] Urbasi Roy e-mail: [email protected] Mihir Bhatta e-mail: [email protected] © Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2017 J.K. Mandal et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the First International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Communication, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing 458, DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-2035-3_43
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Keywords GIS techniques land-use
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1 Introduction Large number of people of Asia and African continents is involved in livestock rearing for their livelihood. India has 0.5 % of world’s total grazing area but can carry 18 % of world’s cattle population. As a result of poor availability of pasture and grazing land, animal either subsists on poor quality grasses available in the pasture and non-pasture lands or they are simply stall fed chiefly on crop residue. In the present investigation, satellite based remote sensing and GIS techniques have been used for the planning of land-use in a chronically drought hit hard-rock terrain in the upper catchment area of Kangsabati [1], groundwater recharge is inadequate due to crystalline nature of the country rock and uneven relief of the terrain [2]. Hot summer and cold winter characterize the climate of the area under study. May is generally the hottest mo
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