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River bank erosion is one of major issues occurring due to high flow, extra silt charge and river channel shift and causes several physical and socio-economic issues to the dependent population. Remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS) are an idyllic and seemingly tool for monitoring river erosion and its line transfer. The study evaluates spatial and temporal river bank changes, channel shifting and its impact on land use land cover (LULC) change around the Ganges River from the bottom of the Rajmahal Hill to the Farakka Barrage for the period 1980–2020. The Landsat imagery with 30/60 m spatial resolution was employed to river bank demarcation and LULC mapping. The GIS layers on the river banks lines were created at decadal interval and overlaid. The results indicated significant shift of the river bank towards the left bank along the flow direction. The total erosion and accretion of the study zone from 1980 to 2020 were estimated as 250.82 and 236.75 km2, respectively. Moreover, a significant increase (more than sevenfold) was observed in the island’s area and numbers during the study period, which could be attributed due to the construction of Farakka Barrage. The river bank erosion and accretion with the LULC change analysis indicated major transactions between agriculture land, agriculture fallow, river and sand. The finding of the study has policy level implications and useful for agriculture, water resource and landscape planners for improved management and planning.
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Khatun, M., Rahaman, S.M., Garai, S., Das, P., Tiwari, S. (2022). Assessing River Bank Erosion in the Ganges Using Remote Sensing and GIS. In: Shit, P.K., Pourghasemi, H.R., Bhunia, G.S., Das, P., Narsimha, A. (eds) Geospatial Technology for Environmental Hazards. Advances in Geographic Information Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75197-5_22
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