• Deivanayaki M
• Ezhilarasi N
• Perumalsamy P

Abstract: The present study evaluates the changes in LULC pattern of Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India. Landsat satellite imageries of different time periods, i.e. Landsat 5 and Landsat 8 were obtained from the United Nations of Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resource Observation and Science Data Centre. Landsat 5 TM (Thematic Mapper) was used for the years 1987, 1997 and 2007 and the Landsat 8 OLI (Operational Land Imager) are used for the year 2018. The images of study area were classified into seven different classes. The results obtained from the LULC change, shows that agricultural land (21.39sq.km), grass land (0.03sq.km), open and scrub forest (327.02sq.km), settlements/Built-up land (5.20sq.km) and Tea plantation (4.95sq.km) had increased and the dense forest (-353sq.km) had decreased.

Key words – LULC changes, classification, Anamalai Tiger Reserve, GIS and Remote sensing

"AN ASSESSMENT OF LAND USE LAND COVER CHANGES IN ANAIMALAI TIGER RESERVE FROM 1987 TO 2017", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.317-328, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905946.pdf

"AN ASSESSMENT OF LAND USE LAND COVER CHANGES IN ANAIMALAI TIGER RESERVE FROM 1987 TO 2017", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp317-328, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905946.pdf