1. Introduction
Bangladesh is a third world country having large population. For this reason land is changing rapidly here especially in the urban area. Rangpur is a divisional city having population 0.8 million. Rapid growth of population, urbanization and development of growth centre leads to the rapid expansion of this city. For this reason the boundary of the city was expanded to 50 km2 to 203 km2 in the year of 2012. This ultimately leads to the change of land use here. There is no credible land use related map and data of this area especially satellite image related land use data, compared to the other cities like Dhaka. Although the land use data are very much important for the proper planning. Traditional methods like surveying are long term and time consuming method for land use data collection whereas the satellite image interpretation and land use classification are simple and quick method. Landsat and other satellites provide the satellite images data from the early 1970s to present days so the land use
pattern can be identified and a database can be easily made in this method using proper ways. Land use change analysis is an important tool to assess global change at various spatialtemporal scales [1]. Current and accurate information on land use is a prerequisite to the management and planning of urban areas. Satellite remote sensing data are usually the most accurate and up-to-date “map” available of developing countries. Especially with fast growing towns and cities in the developing countries, it is practically the only method that can follow up the ur- ban growth [2]. Aerial photograph, for instance, is absolutely classified for public. For third world countries, re- mote sensing proved its effectiveness for spatial data updating [3] and particularly to provide accurate and timely geospatial information illustrating land use dynamics of metropolitan areas [4]. Unfortunately, no such application is available for Rangpur or its part for land use change assessment [5]. In addition, it reflects the dimension of hu- man activities on a given environment. Change detection is the process of identifying differences in the state of an object or phenomenon by observing it at different times [6]. The remote sensing and GIS are modern techniques or tools for detecting such changes of land use by producing change map, generation of statistics of the region and analysis of the database [7]. Satellite remote sensing is a potentially powerful means of monitoring land use change at high temporal resolution and lower costs than those associated with the use of traditional methods [8].