A STUDY OF LANDUSE PATTERN AROUND BRIMA SAGAR MAHARASHTRA DISTILLERIES LTD., SHREEPUR

Dr. Pradip Ashok Saymote

Volume : VI, Issue : IV, April - 2016

A STUDY OF LANDUSE PATTERN AROUND BRIMA SAGAR MAHARASHTRA DISTILLERIES LTD., SHREEPUR

Dr. Pradip Ashok Saymote

Abstract :

The land resources used for human purpose termed as ‘land use’ which varies with the purposes it serves. Landuse is the way in which, and the purposes for which, human beings employ the land and its resources e.g. farming, mining, settlement, transportation, etc. Shreepur town of Solapur district is having one sugar factory and one distillery which contributed in the development of this region by several ways. These factories are key component for transformations in socio–economic and landuse aspects. In this paper an attempt is made to understand the landuse pattern around Brima Sagar Maharashtra Distilleries Ltd., Shreepur. Temporal satellite dataset is used for analysis on which image classification is carried out and derived results are interpreted systematically. The study shows that there are many positive transformations occurred. The agricultural and built–up area is increased at considerable amount.