Land use/cover change detection and analysis
For performing LULC change detection, post-classification change detection technique, performed in the ArcGIS 10.5 was used in the study. Various researchers have used post classification for the urban land cover change detection and analysis (Hardin et al., 2007). In this study, to measure the quantity of conversion from a particular land cover to other land cover category and their corresponding area over the evaluated period, cross tabulation analysis on a pixcelby-pixel basis was conducted. Thus, the data of the overall LULC change as well as gains and losees in each class between 1979 and 2019 were then compiled.