Environmental change detection through remote sensing technique: A study of Rohingya refugee camp area (Ukhia and Teknaf sub-district), Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

Geographically Ukhia and Teknaf are two sub-districts of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, have conveyed a significant standing for the wildlife and the forest cover. However, the prominent phenomena go through a drastic change over the decades by the various anthropogenic activities i.e., massive Rohingya refugee camp settlements, deforestation, environmental degradation, wildlife losses etc. The objectives of this study are to detect and analyse the environmental change along with future prediction. The study has used Landsat 5 TM and Landsat 8 OLI TIRS imagery of 1990, 2000, 2010 and 2020. To analyse the change of environment NDVI, MLC and CA-ANN model were performed. Foremost land use and land cover (LULC) categories were recognized in this study area, viz. agricultural land, sandy land,…