Investigating the Dynamics of Land Cover Change on Land Surface Temperature in Indian Himalayan Region: A Case Study of Srinagar, India (1991–2024)
Avinash Yadav1, Vishal Chettry1, Amit Maurya1
- IIT (BHU) Varanasi
Published in Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (SASBE 2024), edited by Ali GhaffarianHoseini, Amirhosein GhaffarianHoseini, Farzad Rahimian and Mahesh Babu Purushothaman. Springer Nature, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, volume 591, 2025, pages 1066 to 1075. DOI 10.1007/978-981-96-4051-5_102.
Abstract
Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) has experienced substantial growth in anthropogenic activities combined with haphazard urban growth. Such changes have led to the degradation of the environmental quality and have placed human settlements at risk. Therefore, this study attempts to investigate the dynamics of land cover change on Land Surface Temperature (LST) for the Indian Himalayan city of Srinagar using multi-temporal Landsat satellite data from 1991 to 2024. Land cover maps (agriculture, built-up, vegetation, waterbodies, and fallow land), biophysical indices, and Landscape metrics were extracted to capture the dynamics of land cover change on LST. The results indicated that the built-up has expanded from 20.3% to 49.4%, while the extent of dense vegetation and waterbodies have declined from 23.5% to 8% and 9.3% to 6.3%, respectively, during the study period. Biophysical indices and LST correlation revealed a negative relationship between NDVI and NDWI with LST exhibited, i.e., vegetation and waterbodies coverage are associated with lower surface temperatures. The NDBI and LST represented a substantial positive linear correlation, i.e., built-up areas exhibit higher surface temperatures. The mean LST of the study area has risen by 6.31 ℃ during the study period, indicating the prevalence of the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect. The landscape metrics revealed that the scattered built-up patches had expanded irregularly with increased built-up areas. The results from this study will assist policymakers in ensuring sustainable urban development in the city of Srinagar.
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Session
Presented in Recorded Presentations, Session I, Friday 8 November 2024, 11:00 to 13:30, room WG 201, Auckland University of Technology. Session chair Dr Megan Burfoot.
How to Cite
Yadav, A., Chettry, V., & Maurya, A. (2025). Investigating the Dynamics of Land Cover Change on Land Surface Temperature in Indian Himalayan Region: A Case Study of Srinagar, India (1991–2024). In A. GhaffarianHoseini, A. GhaffarianHoseini, F. Rahimian, & M. B. Purushothaman (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (SASBE 2024) (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Vol. 591, pp. 1066–1075). Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-4051-5_102
About the Conference
Presented at SASBE 2024, the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, held in Auckland from 7 to 9 November 2024 and chaired by Professors Ali and Amirhosein GhaffarianHoseini, founders of GDI Academy. The version of record is published by Springer Nature; this page is the conference archive record kept by GDI Academy.