Question

Analyse the change in land use pattern in india

Answer 1

Answer:

The physical, economic and institutional framework taken together determines the pattern of land use of a country at any particular time. In other words, the existing land use pattern in different regions-in India has been evolved as the result of the action and interaction of various factors taken together, such as the physical characteristics of land, the structure of resources like, capital and labour available and the location of the region in relation to other aspects of economic development, e.g. those relating to transport as well as industry and trade. Table 6.2 depicts the land use trend based on these nine-fold classification from 1950-51 to 1999-2000.