Research Article

Land Use Land Cover Changes in Detection of Water Quality: A Study Based on Remote Sensing and Multivariate Statistics

Table 1

Classes delineated on the basis of supervised classification.

Class nameDescription

VegetationIncluding all agricultural and forest lands.
Built-up areaIncluding all residential, commercial, industrial, and transportation.
WaterIncluding all water bodies (river, lakes, gravels, stream, canals, and reservoirs).
Open spaceIncluding all land areas that exposed soil and barren area influenced by human.