Mapping of forest types and land use/land cover of Singrauli coal field area using satellite remote sensing techniques

  • 31/12/2006

  • Journal of Tropical Forestry

The satellite imageneries are used to map vegetative type, density, land use/land cover in Singrauli coal field area. Seven vegetation types of eight other land use/land cover classes observed have also been varified through field surveys. It is suggested that periodical scanning in this manner would be both economical and less time consuming to assess the degradation of tropical dry deciduous forest in vast tract of Singrauli coal mining area.