write 10 point on land use patterns in india
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industrial use
agriculture use
Barren land as dumping ground
grazing use
dams
urbanization
forest cover
national parks
Answer:
Land-use pattern in India is a dynamic concept. It changes over space and time. Land-use pattern in India is as follows:
1. About 46% area is the net sown area in the country.
2. Forests occupy about 22% of the reporting area.
3. The cultivable waste land accounts for nearly 5% of the area.
4. The fallow land covers about 8% of the total area.
5. Permanent pastures and tree crops cover only 5%.
6. The land not available for cultivation is nearly 14% of the total area.
7.Technological development has led to industrialization which has increased the use of natural resources.
8.Technological development has converted the subsistence agriculture to commercial agriculture and this has led to the over-utilization of soil.
9.Technological development has also improved the process of mining.
10.The development of technology contributed to increase in production of quality goods and provision of better services to the people.
11.Economic development has led to increasing urbanization and modernization which demands more resources.