• M.V.S.S Giridhar
• M.Ramya
• Shyama Mohan

Land is regarded as substantial natural resources currently available. Transformations in the Land systems are the result of human interactions with the natural environment. Land Use-Land Cover changes is the central to debate of sustainable development because it has been considering one of driving force of global change that directly affect the status and integrity of ecosystems The urban intensification that has been occurring from the past few decades accompanied in large consumption of resources, habitat fragmentation, loss of green cover and encroachment of water bodies, open land etc. The present study mainly focuses on identifying LULC changes occurring at west zone of Hyderabad in the span of 1991 to 2018 using remote sensing and GIS technology. Maps were developed using Landsat images from USGS Earth Explorer. Image pre- processing and classification technologies were employed and accuracy assessment has performed to validate the output. The obtained accuracy is between 85 to 100 percent for the all classes. Transformation studies show that the open land has been reduced by 36.07% and urban land has increased by 120.85%, vegetation has decreased by 22.55% and water bodies diminished by 20.82 %. These information is useful to the urban planners and local authorities for the sustainable development of urban intensifying cities.

Land Use Land Cover, Landsat, Accuracy assessment, GIS, USGS Earth Explorer

"Land Use Land Cover Changes using Geospatial Technologies and their Influence on the Ecosystem in West Zone of Hyderabad", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.197-204, May 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRCY06031.pdf

"Land Use Land Cover Changes using Geospatial Technologies and their Influence on the Ecosystem in West Zone of Hyderabad", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp197-204, May 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRCY06031.pdf