ABSTRACT

Changes in Land use and land Cover is a dynamic process taking place on the surface, and the spatial distribution of the changes that have taken place over a period of time and space is of immense importance in many a natural resources studies. Land use/land cover mapping serve as a basic inventory of land resources through out the world. Whether regional or local in scope, remote sensing offers a means of acquiring and presenting land cover data in timely manner. In recent years remote sensing and geographical information system have gained importance as vital tools in the analysis of change detection at district and city level. This paper describes the changes in Land use/land cover pattern of Coimbatore District in Tamil Nadu State in between 2004 to 2007 so as to detect the changes that has taken place in this status between these periods. This study links with socio-economic change of Coimbatore in that period. This research compares the change detection in every year form 2004 . i.e. 2004 to 2005, 2005 to2006, 2006 to 2007. The result of this work will show a rapid growth in land use of Coimbatore in the period of 2004 to 2007.