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Citation	Singh, R. B. “Remote Sensing and GIS Based Land Use Information System for Natural Resource Monitoring and Management: The Indian Experience.” In Space Informatics for Grassland Sustainable Development. Proceedings of the First International Seminar on Space Informatics for Sustainable Development: Grassland Monitoring and Management, Ulan Bator, Mongolia, 20-25 June 1995, 99-106. UNCRD Proceedings Series, no. 10. Nagoya, Japan: United Nations Centre for Regional Development; National Space Development Agency of Japan, 1996.
Title	Remote Sensing and GIS Based Land Use Information System for Natural Resource Monitoring and Management: The Indian Experience
Year	1996
Author	Singh, R. B. Dept. of Geography, University of Delhi, India
Material Type	Conference Paper
Features	18 references; 1 table
Pages	p. 99-106
Relationships	Part of 294 p. Space Informatics for Grassland Sustainable Development
Subjects	CULTIVATED LAND 07.05.02 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING 16.04.01 FOREST AREAS 07.08.03 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS 19.01.05 INDIA 01.04.04 INFORMATION SYSTEMS 19.01.03 LAND USE 07.05.02 MAPPING 18.07.01 NATURAL RESOURCES 16.02.02 REMOTE SENSING 18.04.01 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 16.01.01 VEGETATION 07.07.01
Abstract	With the launching operational remote sensing satellite IRS-1A (1987) & 1B (1991) and setting up of information systems like NNRMS, NRIS, PRSSCs and NRDMS, about 350 nationally/regional level remote sensing application projects have been conducted. The paper discusses the studies for monitoring, predicting and managing the land use, grassland and shifting cultivation etc. Information needs for monitoring include environmental assessment and analysis of extent, conditions, encroachment and regeneration of land use. In India the amount of permanent pastures and grazing lands is estimated at 12.5 million hectares. Apart from monitoring various pilot studies like the Banni grasslands, the Shiv Puri district, and the Kinnaur district using multi temporal satellite data, the carrying capacity of these grasslands/grazing lands are being carried out. Besides vegetation mapping on 1:1 million scale for the entire country, the Forest Survey of India has conducted surveys using Landsat Imagery from 1985-87 and 1987-89 on a 1:250,000 scale using IRS LISS-I and II data to facilitate the innovative Agro-Climatic Regional Planning approach adoped by the Government of India. The Integrated Mission for Sustainable Development (IMSD) is a new initiative of arid and semi-arid regions of India covering 157 districts on a 1:50,000 scale.
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