Open AccessASSESSMENT OF LOSS OF AGRICULTURAL LAND DUE TO URBANIZATION: A CASE STUDY OF LIMBAYAT, SURAT
Author(s) -
Tushar Patel,
Preeti Patel
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of engineering applied science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2455-2143
DOI - 10.33564/ijeast.2019.v04i02.030
Subject(s) - urbanization , agricultural land , agriculture , environmental planning , geography , environmental science , archaeology , economic growth , economics
Large amount of natural lands has been converted to urban due to rapid population growth and migration. Within the last 15 years, due to urbanization and migration from other provinces, the population explosion became a serious problem. The conversion of agricultural land into residential areas has increased more and more, causing the change of land‐use structure. In this study, assessment of loss of agricultural land in the Limbayat area of Surat city was done. The area of 5.699 km 2 was taken for study. Google images of the year 2000, 2008 and 2013 were used to derive the change in land use and corresponding loss of agricultural land. The study was done using AutoCAD and vector image interpretation. The results show an increase in urban area by 152.831 ha from the 2000 to the