Srinagar, July 4, July 5 -- A new study has found that transport expansion, urbanisation and changing land-use patterns-not climate change alone-have been the main drivers of ecological transformation in Jammu and Kashmir over the past six decades. Published in the journal Water Science, the study concludes that socio-economic development has had a much greater impact on land-use and land-cover (LULC) change between 1960 and 2020 than climatic factors, raising concerns over the long-term sustainability of the region's water resources.The research, titled "Six Decades of Land-use and Land-cover Change in Jammu and Kashmir: Socio-economic Drivers and Implications for Water Resources," was conducted by scientists from the Sher-e-Kashmir Univ...