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Land is one of the most important natural resource which facilitates the physical basis of various kinds of activities and natural process like habitations, agriculture, recreation etc. Every type of land and every piece are suitable for some kind of utilization depending upon their capabilities, potential and suitability for various uses. Methods and types of decisions for utilization must be on its suitability for different purposes. Now a days land resources are being used without assessing/ determining capabilities of land and optimum method of utilization like marginal land & unproductive land are being utilized for cropping, good fertile agricultural lands are being engulfed by settlements, industries, construction of roads etc. As a result large areas are losing their productivity and are converted into degraded wasteland. The purpose of the study is to determine the land suitability analysis through Remote Sensing & Geographical Information Systems (GIS) technology (By assessing parameters like slope, geomorphology and land-use/land-cover) in which decision rules are applied on the multi-criteria basis. Decision rules are used for the categorization of lands for various purposes like intensive agriculture, rainfed agriculture recreation, horticulture, pasture development, forest plantation, Settlement etc. The present research is an attempt to analyse suitability of land resources of Bhilwara district of Rajasthan state and suggests optimum utilization for various purposes through integration of various thematic layers, present utilization carrying capacity of land in framework of multi-criteria decision rule and also suggested optimum purposes of utilization for each piece of land in Bhilwara district.

Determination of Land Suitability Using Multi Criteria Approach: A Case Study of Bhilwara District Rajasthan