<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD JATS (Z39.96) Journal Publishing DTD v1.2d1 20170631//EN" "JATS-journalpublishing1.dtd"> <ArticleSet> <Article> <Journal> <PublisherName>emergentresearch</PublisherName> <JournalTitle>Emergent Life Sciences Research</JournalTitle> <PISSN>2395-6658 (</PISSN> <EISSN>) 2395-664X (Print)</EISSN> <Volume-Issue>Vol 2 Issue 2, Published on 31</Volume-Issue> <PartNumber/> <IssueTopic>Multidisciplinary</IssueTopic> <IssueLanguage>English</IssueLanguage> <Season>December 2016</Season> <SpecialIssue>N</SpecialIssue> <SupplementaryIssue>N</SupplementaryIssue> <IssueOA>Y</IssueOA> <PubDate> <Year>-0001</Year> <Month>11</Month> <Day>30</Day> </PubDate> <ArticleType>Research Article</ArticleType> <ArticleTitle>Assessment of Temporal Changes in Land use Pattern over the Kinfra-Vizhinjam Stretch in Thiruvananthapuram City</ArticleTitle> <SubTitle/> <ArticleLanguage>English</ArticleLanguage> <ArticleOA>Y</ArticleOA> <FirstPage>30</FirstPage> <LastPage>33</LastPage> <AuthorList> <Author> <FirstName>Aswathy</FirstName> <LastName>Asok</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>N</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> <FirstName>Smitha Asok</FirstName> <LastName>V.</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> <FirstName>Rajesh</FirstName> <LastName>Reghunath</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> </Author> </AuthorList> <DOI/> <Abstract>Metropolitanization is one of the main causes__ampersandsignnbsp;behind the transformations of the coastal segments__ampersandsignnbsp;of Kerala, where new urban settlements have__ampersandsignnbsp;evolved during last decades. Depending on the__ampersandsignnbsp;monetary and administrative roles, various cities__ampersandsignnbsp;speedily changed to territorial junctions.__ampersandsignnbsp;Urbanization causes land use/land cover changes__ampersandsignnbsp;which can lead to deeper social, economic and__ampersandsignnbsp;environmental changes. Remote sensing technology__ampersandsignnbsp;has great potential for acquisition of detailed and__ampersandsignnbsp;accurate land use information for management and__ampersandsignnbsp;planning of urban regions. Our study area was__ampersandsignnbsp;located between 80 22__ampersandsignrsquo; 45__ampersandsignrsquo;__ampersandsignrsquo; North latitude to 760__ampersandsignnbsp;59__ampersandsignrsquo; 29__ampersandsignrsquo;__ampersandsignrsquo; East longitude (Vizhinjam) and 120 6__ampersandsignrsquo; 77__ampersandsignrsquo;__ampersandsignrsquo;__ampersandsignnbsp;North latitude to 750 24__ampersandsignrsquo; 38__ampersandsignrsquo;__ampersandsignrsquo; East longitude__ampersandsignnbsp;(Kinfra). The main objective of the study was to__ampersandsignnbsp;assess the temporal changes in the landscape spatial__ampersandsignnbsp;pattern to define the growth trends in the area and__ampersandsignnbsp;moreover, to evolve a land use map constructed__ampersandsignnbsp;according to the unsupervised classification__ampersandsignnbsp;technique.</Abstract> <AbstractLanguage>English</AbstractLanguage> <Keywords>change detection, vegetation vigor, unsupervised classification, urban landscape</Keywords> <URLs> <Abstract>https://emergentresearch.org/ubijournal-v1copy/journals/abstract.php?article_id=1802&title=Assessment of Temporal Changes in Land use Pattern over the Kinfra-Vizhinjam Stretch in Thiruvananthapuram City</Abstract> </URLs> <References> <ReferencesarticleTitle>References</ReferencesarticleTitle> <ReferencesfirstPage>16</ReferencesfirstPage> <ReferenceslastPage>19</ReferenceslastPage> <References/> </References> </Journal> </Article> </ArticleSet>