Rejuvenation Status Of Urban Ponds And Its Level Of Significance In Payyanur Municipality, Kannur District, Kerala Using Geoinformatics

Abstract

Ponds are lentic water bodies (still- standing water bodies) most probably occupied by
freshwater & in exceptional cases occupied by saltwater/brackish water. The study beholds
its relevance on the fact that Payyannur Municipality, Kannur district, Kerala state is an
urban centre expanding and evolving over years which did have a serious impact on its
natural resources especially water resources. To state the issues and challenges faced by
pond in Payyannur municipality, geotagged photo interpretation and weighted ranking
method were used on the 9 selected parameters. The findings and suggestions as an outcome
of this research have its scope on Urban Planning, Water Management Planning, Land Use
Planning, Water Conservation Planning, Rejuvenation, New Manmade Pond Construction
and Modification, Conservation of ecosystem etc. by serving itself as an exemplary reference
material.