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DOI	10.1007/s10708-024-11109-3
	Assessing the trends of land cover dynamics and its major driving forces in the Rajparian Wildlife Sanctuary Kashmir, Himalaya
	Bhat, Aadil Hussain; Bhat, Tariq Ahmad; Mir, Altaf Hussain
发表日期	2024
ISSN	0343-2521
EISSN	1572-9893
起始页码	89
结束页码	3
卷号	89 期号:3
英文摘要	Globally, land cover change poses a serious threat to biodiversity and climate change. Anthropogenic actions have been the dominant force among all natural and human forces shaping the Land use and Land cover, causing dramatic changes to the global Landuse and Land cover. The Rajparian Wildlife Sanctuary in the Kashmir Himalayas has undergone substantial changes over the past few decades, but lacks extensive assessment. A multispectral remotely sensed dataset was used to assess changes in land use and land cover of the Sanctuary over almost 27 years (1993-2021). A maximum likelihood algorithm was used to classify Landsat images for the years 1993, 2006, and 2021 and geometric correction were rectified in Earth Resources Data Analysis System (2014) software. The results of the present study indicate that the study area has undergone major changes between 1993 and 2020. Forest and snow-covered areas have shrunk, while non-forested areas like grassland, barren, scrub, built-up areas, and river beds have shown positive growth in the sanctuary. Within the studied time period, a total loss of 5.9 km2 was recorded for the forest areas and 1.5 km2 for the snow covered areas. The main threats driving the Land use and Land cover change in the Sanctuary were grazing pressure, natural resource exploitation, poaching, and development projects. The results of this study may potentially provide information to planners, and decision-makers for the sustainable management of natural resources and implementing important management decisions in order to preserve the rich biodiversity of the Sanctuary.
英文关键词	Change detection; Threats; Wildlife; Land use
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Geography
WOS类目	Geography
WOS记录号	WOS:001218760800001
来源期刊	GEOJOURNAL
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/299647
作者单位	University of Kashmir
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Bhat, Aadil Hussain,Bhat, Tariq Ahmad,Mir, Altaf Hussain. Assessing the trends of land cover dynamics and its major driving forces in the Rajparian Wildlife Sanctuary Kashmir, Himalaya[J],2024,89(3).
APA	Bhat, Aadil Hussain,Bhat, Tariq Ahmad,&Mir, Altaf Hussain.(2024).Assessing the trends of land cover dynamics and its major driving forces in the Rajparian Wildlife Sanctuary Kashmir, Himalaya.GEOJOURNAL,89(3).
MLA	Bhat, Aadil Hussain,et al."Assessing the trends of land cover dynamics and its major driving forces in the Rajparian Wildlife Sanctuary Kashmir, Himalaya".GEOJOURNAL 89.3(2024).