Spatial Multi-Criteria Analysis in Environmental Assessment: A Review and Reflection on Benefits and Limitations

Anticipating and avoiding adverse environmental effects resulting from land-use changes and other anthropogenic interventions is the key objective of environmental assessment (EA). EA requires consideration of multiple environmental criteria to establish the receiving environment’s sensitivity and capacity to absorb change. With the increasing availability of and accessibility to spatial data, the adoption of spatial multi-criteria analysis, also known as GIS–MCA, has become a prominent technique to support EA. Using two diverging case studies, this paper reflects upon the advantages and disadvantages of applying GIS–MCA in EA reported in literature. While the significant contribution of this approach to increasing objectivity, transparency and accountability is corroborated, it is recognised that there is no one-fits-all solution. The widespread application of GIS–MCA calls for further research on the effects that methodological assumptions and data limitations may have at various planning hierarchies and decisions, and how these can be addressed to optimise the value of this technique in EA.

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Relationships between landslides and land use changes in the Sanbagawa and Mikabu Belts, Shikoku, Japan

Abstracts of the ICA ◽

10.5194/ica-abs-1-203-2019 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 ◽

pp. 1-1

Author(s):

Roxanne Lai ◽

Takashi Oguchi

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Spatial Data ◽

Landslide Susceptibility ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Land Use Changes ◽

Land Abandonment ◽

Crystalline Schist ◽

Agricultural Abandonment ◽

Landslide Kinematics

Abstract. Changing land use is an increasingly important issue as human habits, behaviors, and needs change. There has been an increase in land and agricultural abandonment in some places of the world. In Japan, movement of the population from rural to urban areas have resulted in much land and agricultural abandonment. In 2016, a land ministry survey showed that 4.1 million hectares of land in Japan had unclear ownership, with farmland making up 16.9% of the total. As vegetation cover changes after land abandonment, this temporal and spatial effect may have important effects on geomorphic processes such as landslide susceptibility and landslide kinematics.Here we track long-term land use changes over vegetated landslide areas of the Sanbagawa and Mikabu Belts of Shikoku Island, Japan. The Sanbagawa and Mikabu Belts are metamorphic belts that run across Southwest Japan, and are home to numerous large crystalline schist landslides, including the widely-studied slow but continuously moving Zentoku landslide. Villages and communities have been built on these landslide areas due to historical and cultural factors, as well as the fertility of the soil. Consequently, given the changing land uses including land abandonment in these landslide areas over time, we use long-term high-resolution land cover vegetation datasets to examine first the long-term land use changes, and then use statistical methods to explore their relationships with landslide susceptibility and kinematics. Mapping of spatial data and their analysis using GIS constitute a core part of the research. The results suggest interconnections between land use changes and land movement.

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Testing approaches to visualize land cover/land use changes in time series with Web GIS microservice tools

Proceedings of the ICA ◽

10.5194/ica-proc-4-33-2021 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 ◽

pp. 1-8

Author(s):

Jesse Friend ◽

Mathias Jahnke ◽

Niels Walen ◽

Gernot Ramminger

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Time Series ◽

Spatial Data ◽

Web Applications ◽

Land Use Changes ◽

Web Gis ◽

End User ◽

Gis Application ◽

Data Presentation ◽

High Functioning

Abstract. Web applications which are high functioning, efficient, and meet the performance demand of the client are essential in modern cartographic workflows. With more and more complex spatial data being integrated into web applications, such as time related features, it is essential to harmonize the means of data presentation so that the end product is aligned with the needs of the end-user. In this paper we present aWeb GIS application built as a microservice which displays various timeseries visualizations to the user to streamline intuitiveness and functionality. The prototype provides a solution which could help to understand various ways in which current web and spatial analysis methods can be combined to create visualizations that add value to existing spatial data for cartographic workflows.

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PERUBAHAN GARIS PANTAI DAN PENGGUNAAN LAHAN DESA TIMBULSLOKO, DEMAK MENGGUNAKAN CITRA SATELIT LANDSAT TAHUN 2000-2017 Shorline Changes And Land Use In Timbulsloko Village, Demak Regency Using Landsat Satelite Images 2000-2017

Management of Aquatic Resources Journal (MAQUARES) ◽

10.14710/marj.v8i1.24222 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 19-27

Author(s):

Chris Antoni P Purba ◽

Max Rudolf Muskananfola ◽

Sigit Febrianto

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Image Classification ◽

Spatial Data ◽

Land Use Changes ◽

Image Data ◽

Spatial Data Analysis ◽

Shoreline Changes ◽

Erosion Area ◽

Erosion And Accretion ◽

Quantitative Descriptive

ABSTRAKDesa Timbulsloko yang berada di Kabupaten Demak mengalami perubahan garis pantai dan perubahan penggunaan lahan akibat erosi dan akresi. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui perubahan garis pantai akibat erosi dan akresi, mengetahui perubahan penggunaan lahan dan kaitan antara perubahan garis pantai dengan penggunaan lahan. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan pada bulan Agustus – September 2017. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode deskriptif kuantitatif. Pengolahan data citra dilakukan penggabungan band, koreksi geometrik, koreksi radiometri, pemotongan citra, digitasi dan image classification. Analisis data secara spasial menggunakan metode overlay. Pada tahun 2000-2005 erosi seluas 19,3872 ha, pada tahun 2005-2010 erosi seluas 107,3174 ha dan akresi seluas 0,3622 ha, pada tahun 2010-2015 erosi seluas 39,6483 ha dan akresi seluas 3,0160 ha, pada tahun 2015-2017 erosi seluas 0,9502 ha dan akresi seluas 7,2646 ha. Penggunaan lahan hasil klasifikasi citra terdapat 5 kelas yaitu : mangrove, tambak, genangan, permukiman dan vegetasi darat. Pada tahun 2000-2005 penggunaan lahan mengalami perubahan luasan tertinggi yaitu genangan yang awal nya seluas 92,39 Ha menjadi tambak seluas 67,66 Ha. Tahun 2005-2010 perubahan tertinggi yaitu genangan yang awalnya seluas 55,42 Ha menjadi tambak seluas 39,46 Ha. Tahun 2010-2015 penggunaan lahan yang mengalami perubahan luasan tertinggi yaitu tambak seluas 353,05 Ha menjadi genangan sebesar 136,43 Ha. Tahun 2015-2017 penggunaan lahan yang mengalami perubahan terbesar yaitu genangan yang awalnya seluas 175,41 Ha menjadi tambak seluas 33,63 Ha. Perubahan garis pantai dan penggunaan lahan memiliki keterkaitan yaitu penggunaan lahan menyebabkan perubahan garis pantai dan berdampak pada penggunaan lahan di Desa Timbulsloko. ABSTRACT Timbulsloko Village in Demak Regency had shoreline changes and land use changes due to erosion and accretion. The purpose of this study was to determine shoreline changes due to erosion and accretion, to identify changes in land use and the relationship between changes in coastline and land use. This research was conducted during August - September 2017. The research method used was quantitative descriptive method. Image data processing was carried out combining bands, geometric corrections, radiometric correction, image cutting, digitization and image classification. Spatial data analysis using the overlay method. In 2000-2005 erosion area was 19,3872 ha, in 2005-2010 erosion area was 107,3174 ha and accretion area was 0,3622 ha, in 2010-2015 erosion area was 39,6483 ha and accretion covering 3,0160 ha, in 2015-2017 erosion covered 0.9502 ha and accretion area was 7.2646 ha. There are 5 classes of land use from image classification, namely: mangroves, dikes, ponds, settlements and land vegetation. In 2000-2005 land use experienced the highest change in area, namely the initial inundation covering an area of 92.39 hectares to pond area of 67.66 hectares. In 2005-2010 the highest change was the initial inundation covering an area of 55.42 ha to pond covering an area of 39.46 ha. Become 2010-2015 land use experienced the highest change in area, namely ponds covering an area of 353.05 ha to a pool of 136.43 ha. In 2015-2017 the land use that experienced the biggest change was the initial inundation of 175.41 ha into an area of 33.63 ha. Changes in coastline and land use have a linkage that is land use causes changes in coastline and impacts on land use in Timbulsloko Village.

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Study of Changes in Geospatial Based Land Use in Ambarawa District, Pringsewu Regency

International Journal of Multicultural and Multireligious Understanding ◽

10.18415/ijmmu.v8i2.2336 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 94

Author(s):

Dedy Miswar ◽

Listumbinang Halengkara ◽

I Gede Sugiyanta ◽

Ahmad Sahid Al Azhari

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Land Use Change ◽

Spatial Data ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Land Use Changes ◽

Image Interpretation ◽

Economic Factors ◽

The West ◽

Overlay Technique

Ambarawa District has allegedly experienced many changes in land use. Changes in land use in Ambarawa District are dominated by changes in agricultural land to non-agricultural land. This is because the land in Ambarawa District is influenced by the role of its inhabitatns in utilizing the land so that it has an impact on land use change. This study aims to determine changes in land use, the factors that influence land use changes, the direction of development and what types of use changes are most dominant in Ambarawa District, Pringsewu Regency. The method used in this research is survei and image interpretation by looking at changes in land use in each area. The population used in this study were all villages in Ambarawa District, totaling 8 villages which were suspected of experiencing changes in land use. Collecting data in this study is a descriptive geospatial approach through the overlay technique of land use spatial data. The results showed that there was a change in land use in Ambarawa District year 2014-2019 covering an area of 2.195,8 ha (70,83%), which was caused by social and economic factors, namely the increase in population and workers and the direction of land use changes to the west and east.

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Landuse Changes Refer to Spatial Planning Regulations at Kelara Watershed Area: An Analysis Using Geospatial Information Technology

Forum Geografi ◽

10.23917/forgeo.v29i1.795 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 29 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Andi Ramlan ◽

Risma Neswati ◽

Sumbangan Baja ◽

Muhammad Nathan

Keyword(s):

Remote Sensing ◽

Land Use ◽

Spatial Data ◽

Spatial Planning ◽

Land Use Changes ◽

Remote Sensing Data ◽

Landsat 8 ◽

Geospatial Information ◽

Survey Techniques ◽

Information System Technology

The purpose of this study is to analyze land use changes in the Kelara watershed and to assess the suitability of current land use changes with the spatial planning regulation of Jeneponto within Kelara basin. This study integrates various survey techniques, remote sensing, and geographic information system technology analysis. Geospatial information used in this study consists of Landsat ETM 7+ satellite imagery (2009) and Landsat 8 (2014) as well as a number of spatial data based on vector data which is compiled by the Jeneponto Government. Remote sensing data using two time series (2009 and 2014) are analyzed by means of supervised classification and visual classification. The analysis indicated that land use type for the paddy fields and forests (including mangroves) converted become a current land use which is inconsistent with the spatial planning regulation of Jeneponto.The use of land for settlement tends to increase through conversion of wetlands (rice fields). These conditions provide an insight that this condition will occur in the future, so that providing the direction of land use change can be better prepared and anticipated earlier.

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Land Use Management in Colombo Municipal Council Area

International Journal of Advanced Remote Sensing and GIS ◽

10.23953/cloud.ijarsg.494 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 3438-3445

Author(s):

T.D.C Pushpakumara ◽

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K.G.M. Ranga ◽

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Spatial Data ◽

Land Use Changes ◽

Analysis Data ◽

Tourist Destination ◽

Financial Centre ◽

Municipal Council ◽

Changing Patterns ◽

Gis Software ◽

The City

Colombo city is the commercial capital and the largest city in Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to the Greater Colombo area which includes Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte. It is the financial Centre of the island as well as a popular tourist destination. As the vast development in the city and the increase of the need of people, People used to gather in the city as well as around the city. So the land requirement of the city is being increased in various ways. So that monitoring the land use against the land use requirement is essential to identify the land use changing patterns in the city. The objective of this study is to detect the land use changes in the Colombo city Municipal Council area between years 2000 and 2016 using spatial data, non-spatial data of Colombo city and analysis data using GIS software.

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Effects of forest expansion and land abandonment on ecosystem services of alpine environments: case study in Ledro valley (Italy) for the period 1859-2011

Global NEST Journal ◽

10.30955/gnj.001770 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 18 (4) ◽

pp. 875-884 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Ecosystem Services ◽

Urban Expansion ◽

Land Use Changes ◽

Profit Maximization ◽

Rural Landscape ◽

European Alps ◽

Forest Expansion ◽

Economic Changes ◽

Advantages And Disadvantages

During the last century, the European Alps have faced intense socio-economic changes, which have led to respective land-use changes with immediate impact on ecosystem services (ESs). The aim of the study is to present the land-use changes and their effects on the economical contribution of ESs in the alpine environment of Ledro Valley, in Northern Italy. Data were collected through historical cartography and photographic material from 1859, 1973 and 2011. The analysis of landscape evolution highlighted the forest expansion, and partially the urban expansion, at the expense of grasslands and croplands due to a transition from a rural to a touristic and handcrafting economy. The land-use changes led to an overall reduction of the economical contribution of ESs, while further analysis on individual services identified advantages and disadvantages caused by the re-naturalization process of forest expansion. The results suggested that the profit maximization of ESs under the pressure of such land-use changes can be achieved by a) a respective profit maximization from services related to recreation activities (tourism) which have an immediate economical impact on local economies and b) the maintenance and sustainable management of the typical rural landscape and grasslands in order to preserve some of their economical benefits.

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SUSTAINABLE AND SMART CITY PLANNING USING SPATIAL DATA IN WALLONIA

ISPRS Annals of Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences ◽

10.5194/isprs-annals-iv-4-w1-3-2016 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol IV-4/W1 ◽

pp. 3-10

Author(s):

N. Stephenne ◽

B. Beaumont ◽

E. Hallot ◽

E. Wolff ◽

L. Poelmans ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Remote Sensing ◽

Risk Assessment ◽

Land Use ◽

Spatial Data ◽

Smart City ◽

City Planning ◽

Population Distribution ◽

Land Use Changes ◽

Predictive Modelling ◽

Density Mapping

Simulating population distribution and land use changes in space and time offer opportunities for smart city planning. It provides a holistic and dynamic vision of fast changing urban environment to policy makers. Impacts, such as environmental and health risks or mobility issues, of policies can be assessed and adapted consequently. In this paper, we suppose that “Smart” city developments should be sustainable, dynamic and participative. This paper addresses these three smart objectives in the context of urban risk assessment in Wallonia, Belgium. The sustainable, dynamic and participative solution includes (i) land cover and land use mapping using remote sensing and GIS, (ii) population density mapping using dasymetric mapping, (iii) predictive modelling of land use changes and population dynamics and (iv) risk assessment. The comprehensive and long-term vision of the territory should help to draw sustainable spatial planning policies, to adapt remote sensing acquisition, to update GIS data and to refine risk assessment from regional to city scale.

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A Socio-Spatial Analysis of Land Use Dynamics and Process of Land Intervention in the Peri-Urban Areas of Bahir Dar City

Land ◽

10.3390/land9110445 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (11) ◽

pp. 445 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Abebe Mengaw Wubie ◽

Walter T. de Vries ◽

Berhanu Kefale Alemie

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Spatial Analysis ◽

Spatial Data ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Urban Expansion ◽

Land Use Changes ◽

Bahir Dar ◽

Holistic Understanding ◽

Depth Analysis ◽

Land Use Dynamics

The contemporary urbanization and its implication to land use dynamics especially in the peri-urban areas are emerging as a cross-cutting theme in policy debates and scientific discourse. As most cities in developing countries, including Ethiopia, are experiencing continuous expansion of built-ups and dynamic land use changes, monitoring and an in-depth analysis of the past, present and future predictions of these changes are important for a holistic understanding of the problem, its consequence, and to regulate proper land use intervention options. Thus, the main objective of this research is to assess land use dynamics and processes of land intervention in the peri-urban areas of Bahir Dar city using a socio-spatial analysis. It assesses to what extent the existing peri-urban land intervention processes and land use decisions are effective in combating and controlling unwanted land use changes. Primary socio-economic data were collected using questionnaires, focus group discussions (FGDs) and key informant interviews; in addition, spatial data including Landsat and Sentinel imageries of 1993, 2001, 2011 and 2020 were utilized. Land use/land cover (LULC) classes were computed using the integration of spectral and object-based image classification techniques. The results signal that built-ups are expanding horizontally with unpredicted patterns. This is because the existing land intervention processes are lacking effectiveness to govern the spatial patterns of built-ups. The results further depict that processes of land use intervention do not only determine horizontal urban expansion but also determine the nature of people-to-land relationships, which involve both formal and informal processes. This creates haphazard, disputed and unregulated land use systems in peri-urban areas of Bahir Dar. The socio-spatial methodology applied in this research is effective in monitoring both the spatial and social dimensions of land use changes. The spatial results effectively demonstrate the dynamics of land uses; whereas, the social analysis supports understanding of the processes of land use interventions. In conclusion, monitoring processes of land use interventions are key policy and decision making directions to regulate and manage land use dynamics in the peri-urban area.

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