journalINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH SCISVolume 3 Issue 2MultidisciplinaryEnglish2021NNY20211015ArticleASSESSMENT OF LAND USE/LAND COVER CHANGES FROM 2001 TO 2021 USING GOOGLE EARTH ENGINE IN RAMAGUNDAM MINING AREA, PRANHITA-GODAVARI VALLEY, SOUTHERN INDIAEnglishY115S.KiranEnglishNRohit Kumar and Kakoli Gogoi*EnglishY10.47062/1190.0302.01Coal is one of the important primary sources of energy in India, which are generally extracted through open cast mining. However, coal mining activities, particularly open cast mining method are known to result in adverse environmental impacts such as vegetation loss, air pollution, ground water contamination along with changes in land use land cover (LULC) features. Hence, reliable temporal data on the impact of mining activities are required to aid in mine reclamation and management efforts. Assessment of LULC changes over the last two decades was carried out in this study in Ramagundam coal field, a part of the Pranhita-Godavari valley using Google Earth Engine (GEE) integrated with Geographical Information System (GIS). Landsat 5 and Landsat 8 multispectral satellite data of 2001 and 2021 withEnglishRamagundam Coal Field, GEE, GIS, CART, LULC.https://journal.stenvironment.org/abstract?id=185References1619