Temporal Landuse

Temporal Landuse/Landcover map analysis.

Pale mine block has increased at a faster rate than the Bicholim mine
The rate of increase of built up land in the Bicholim blocks is more prounced than in the pale block

There is a significant decrease in moderate vegetation in pale block between in 1973-1989. In Bicholim block, the crop land is marginal

Table 2 Areal extent of Landuse/Landcover features – Bicholim Mine Block

Data used	Mine rela-ted area	Pon-ds	Standing Crops	Fallow land	Thi-ck Vegetat-ion	Moderate vegetation	Sparse vegetation	Mangrove	Open scrub/barren land	Built up land	Water	Total (Approx- imately
Aerial-78 MSS-81 MSS-84 TM-87 SPOT-89	5.87 6.45 8.27 11.47 12.72	0.20 0.15 0.12 0.12 0.10	10.95 9.50 10.55 10.60 10.75	51.82 49.45 48.72 46.00 46.75	8.50 7.42 5.10 4.55 3.57	58.97 79.27 84.10 61.58 63.55	40.42 36.18 32.17 30.60 27.95	0.37 0.50 1.02 1.42 1.57	41.75 43.37 44.35 45.80 47.50	11.45 * * 21.70 23.82	17.67 17.69 17.67 17.65 17.70	248.00 248.00 248.00 248.00 248.00
Change in 11 yrs. Sq.Kms.	+6.85	-0.10	-0.20	-13.08	-4.92	+4.58	-12.48	+1.20	+6.75	+12.38	+0.03	.
Percent Change	(2.52)	(0.04)	(0.08)	(5.27)	(1.98)	(1.84)	(5.03)	(0.48)	(2.72)	(4.99)	(0.01)	.
Standard Deviation	3.03	0.04	0.56	4.95	2.06	11.91	4.90	0.54	2.70	4.94	0.02	.

* Builtup land could not be delineated in LANDSAT MSS data products and hence could not be mapped as a separate unit,
Builtup land is mixed up with Moderate vegetation class
** These figures are highly inflated as they include Builtup land area also.

Table 3 Areal extend of Landuse/Land cover features – Pale mine block

Data used	Mine related area	Stan-ding crops	Fallow Land	Dense Veget-ation	Moder-ate vegetation	Sparse veget-ation/ land	Open scrub/ Barren	Built up land	Water	Total (Appro-ximately)
Aerial-73 Aerial-78 MSS-81 MSS-84 TM-87 SPOT-89	10.27 14.25 16.72 19.77 24.86 29.19	5.35 4.30 3.40 3.20 2.72 2.07	5.50 5.25 4.45 3.25 2.90 2.15	23.17 22.14 24.00 23.12 21.85 20.75	28.65 26.62 24.95 20.52 15.37 13.17	14.10 13.16 11.52 9.44 6.57 4.35	11.15 12.20 15.32 21.05 22.26 24.50	2.20 2.73 * * 3.82 4.17	3.61 3.60 3.62 3.62 3.62 3.63	104.00 104.00 104.00 104.00 104.00 104.00
Change in 16 yrs, Sq.Kms.	+18.92	-3.23	-3.35	-2.42	-15.48	-9.15	+13.35	+1.98	+0.02	.
Percent Change	(18.19)	(3.10)	(3.22)	(2.37)	(14.88)	(9.37)	(12.84)	(1.90)	(0.02)	.
Standard Deviation	6.96	1.16	1.35	1.16	6.28	3.82	5.6	0.73	0.01	.

* Builtup land could not be delineated in Landsat MSS data products and hence could not be mapped as a separate unit, Built upland is mixed up with moderate vegetation class.
** These figures are highly inflated as they include Built-up land area also