A SPATIO TEMPORAL CHANGES OF WETLANDS SPECIAL REFERENCE TO RAJARHAT NEWTOWN

Author Name: Moumita Ghosh

Volume: 01 &  Issue:

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: http://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/01.2021-77571592/UIJIR

Affiliation:

1. Guest Teacher, Department of Geography, Netaji Subhas Open University, India

ABSTRACT

Wetlands, the kidney of nature are playing vital role for all living environmental survival. It is the most productive ecosystems that support diverse habitats and biodiversity. About half of global wetlands have found to be lost, and the conditions of remaining wetlands are deteriorating due to natural as well as anthropogenic causes. Urbanization and rapid growth of vertical construction is one of the major issues of concern for decreasing wetlands in India. Present research paper focus on this environmental decline and tries to find out the definite scenario of wetland loss of Rajarhat satellite town .The researcher wants to show the difference land use and land cover pattern of rajarhat since 1975 to present days by satellite image analysis, intensive observation and field work.

Key words: kidney of nature, ecosystem, biodiversity, urbanization, satellite town Rajarhat