Land-use dynamics in Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India using CA-Markov and agent-based LULC-SaarS model

Authored by Arijit Roy, Pooja Rathore

Date Published: 2018

DOI: 10.18520/cs/v115/i1/136-140

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Abstract

Corbett National Park (CNP), Uttarakhand, India is currently facing pressure of encroachments from human settlements around the buffer zone leading to increasing human and animal conflicts. In the present study, we have analysed the extent of land-use/land-cover (LULC) changes between 1976 and 2011 using medium-spatial-resolution satellite data in and around CNP. Future projections have also been generated using CA-Markov and agent-based SaarS model. The study highlights that unlike in the past decades, the projected LULC may undergo restricted growth in built-up area agriculture.

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Agent-based modelling Biodiversity land-use dynamics Buffer zone National park