Changing Land Uses and Urbanization and Economic Growth
                        
                    
                    
                                -Yogesh Kumar,Joint Director, IAMR, Govt of India                    
                    Land use is an important component in understanding the interactions of the human activities with the environment. Land cover / land use changes are very dynamic in nature and have to be monitored at regular intervals for sustainable environment development. Land use refers to man’s activities and the varied uses which are carried on over land and land cover refers to natural vegetation, water bodies, rock/soil, artificial
                 
                    
                        Changing Land Uses and Urbanization and Economic Growth