scholarly journals Spatio - Temporal Analysis of Land Use / Land Cover Changes in Cheha District, South - Central Ethiopia

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Temporal Analysis ◽  
Land Cover Changes ◽  
Land Use Land Cover ◽  
Central Ethiopia ◽  
South Central ◽  
Spatio Temporal

scholarly journals Land Use/Land Cover Change and Its Driving Forces in Shenkolla Watershed, South Central Ethiopia

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Belayneh Bufebo ◽  
Eyasu Elias
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Change ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Land Cover Changes ◽  
Land Use Land Cover ◽  
Forest Land ◽  
Central Ethiopia ◽  
South Central

Land use change is one of the challenges that aggravate environmental problems. Understanding the scope of land use change, driving forces, and consequences is very crucial for proper management of land resources. We investigated land use/land cover changes using remote sensing data (for the years 1973, 1995, and 2017), and field observation, household survey, key informant interview, and focus group discussion were used to determine the drivers and consequences of land use/land cover changes in Shenkolla watershed, south central Ethiopia. Unsupervised and supervised classification techniques were employed to get thematic information from satellite imagery. ArcGIS 10.3 and QGIS v 3.0 softwares were used to accomplish the analysis. The results disclosed that Shenkolla watershed has changed significantly during the past 4 decades between 1973 and 2017. This observed change indicates a reduction in forest land and an increase in agricultural land. Forest land was reduced from 29.51% in 1973 to 20.52% in 2017, but agricultural land was expanded from 70.49% in 1973 to 79.48% in 2017. Agricultural expansion, policy change and social unrest, population pressure, shortage of farm land, and biophysical factors were major driving forces of the LU/LC changes. Environmental implications such as climate change, biodiversity loss, scarcity of basic forest products, habitat alteration, decline in quality and availability of water, and crop yield reduction are the consequences of the LU/LC change. The expansion of agricultural land at the expense of forest cover in Shenkolla watershed has negative implications on the natural resources and the livelihood of local people. Hence, appropriate measures need to be employed to reduce the dramatic change in land use and to harmonize environmental conservation with human livelihood.

scholarly journals Spatio-temporal analysis of urban sprawl and land use / land cover changes in a suburb of Lagos and Ogun metropolises, Nigeria (1986-2014)

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-42
Author(s):  
O.H. Adedeji ◽  
C.O. Adeofun ◽  
O.O. Tope-Ajayi ◽  
M.O. Ogunkola
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Urban Sprawl ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
Temporal Analysis ◽  
Land Cover Changes ◽  
Land Use Land Cover ◽  
Change Analysis ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Light Forest

Urban sprawl and land use / land cover changes in a suburb of Lagos, Nigeria were assessed using Landsat TM 1984 and 2000 and Landsat OLI of 2014. Five broad land use and land cover classes i.e. built-up area, bare ground, water body, thick forest and light forest were identified and mapped. Thick forest had the largest coverage of 8537.72 hectares (67.52%) of the land cover while built-up was just 1075.99 hectares (8.51 %).Between 1984 and 2014 built up areas gained 6423.38 hectares (59.31 % increase) compared to 8612.09 hectares loss by thick forest cover. A post-classification change analysis from 1984 to 2014 reveals that thick and light forest types had the highest net losses because of conversion to other uses, especially built-up. Urbanization and subsequent urban sprawl is a major factor of land degradation leading to rapid losses of non-urban land uses, especially in the urban fringes. Keywords: Land use/land cover change; change detection; remote sensing; GIS; urbanisation

Spatio-temporal analysis of land use/land cover change and its effects on soil erosion (Case study in the Oplenac wine-producing area, Serbia)

2018 ◽  
Vol 190 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Veljko Perović ◽  
Darko Jakšić ◽  
Darko Jaramaz ◽  
Nikola Koković ◽  
Dragan Čakmak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Soil Erosion ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Land Cover Change ◽  
Temporal Analysis ◽  
Land Use Land Cover ◽  
Spatio Temporal

scholarly journals Effects of Land Use/Land Cover Changes on Selected Soil Physical and Chemical Properties in Shenkolla Watershed, South Central Ethiopia

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Belayneh Bufebo ◽  
Eyasu Elias
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Soil Fertility ◽  
Soil Properties ◽  
Land Cover Changes ◽  
Land Use Land Cover ◽  
Forest Land ◽  
South Central ◽  
Effects Of Land Use ◽  
Poor Management

Land use change from natural ecosystems to managed agroecosystems is one of the main causes of soil fertility decline. Severe soil erosion caused by agricultural expansion and poor management worsened soil nutrient depletion in cultivated outfields (crop lands). This study was conducted to examine the effects of land use and land cover changes (LU/LC) on selected soil physicochemical properties in the Shenkolla watershed. A total of 40 top soil samples at 0–20 cm depth were collected from four land use/land cover types (forest land, grazing land, cultivated outfield, and cultivated homestead garden fields). The analysis of variance (ANOVA) was applied to determine differences in soil parameters among land use types. Treatment means comparison was determined using the least significant difference (LSD) at 0.05 level of significances. The result indicated that there were significant P<0.05 differences among the four LU/LC types for soil characteristics. For most parameters evaluated, the most favorable soil properties were observed in the forest land, followed by homestead garden fields, while the least favorable soil properties were found in intensively cultivated outfields. Increase in the extent of cultivated land at the expense of forest cover associated with poor management has promoted significant loss of soil quality in intensively cultivated outfields. Reducing the land cover conversion and adopting proper management practices of the soil commonly used in homestead garden fields are very crucial in order to improve soil fertility in intensively cultivated outfields.

Spatio-temporal analysis of land cover changes in the evergreen and semi-evergreen rainforests: A case study in Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-99
Author(s):  
M. Mamnun ◽  
S. Hossen
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Temporal Analysis ◽  
Present Condition ◽  
Land Cover Changes ◽  
Landsat 8 ◽  
Chittagong Hill Tracts ◽  
Barren Land ◽  
Spatio Temporal

The main purpose of this study is to describe the spatio-temporal analysis of land use and land cover status and to identify land cover changes, especially of deforestation and degradation in evergreen, semi-evergreen rainforests of Chittagong Hill Tracts from 1988-2018 by using Landsat 8 OLI-TIRS and Landsat 5 TM satellite imagery. The ArcGIS v10.5 and ERDAS Imagine v15 software were used to process satellite imageries and assess quantitative data for land-use change assessment of this study area. The study revealed that the area of forest land and water body decreased by 17.92% and 5.43% respectively from 1988-2018. On the other hand, the area of agricultural land, barren land and settlement increased by 45.66%, 312.08% and 240.01% respectively. If the present condition remains constant, the projection of future land-use/ land cover changes for the next 15 years will predict that more than 7.37% dense forest (2253.83 ha) land will be decreased and 19.60% agricultural will be converted to other land uses. This study suggests that proper policy should be adopted urgently to conserve residual forest coverage and restore it to regain its past appearance.

scholarly journals Spatio-Temporal Analysis Of Urban Expansion And Future Growth Patterns Of Lahore, Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 41-53
Author(s):  
Muhammad Nasar-u-Minallah ◽  
Sahar Zia ◽  
Atta-ur Rahman ◽  
Omer Riaz
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Urban Population ◽  
Urban Expansion ◽  
Temporal Analysis ◽  
Growth Patterns ◽  
Land Use Land Cover ◽  
The Past ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Lahore City

Lahore, a metropolis and 2nd largest city of Pakistan, has been experiencing rapid urban expansion over the past five decades. The socio-economic development and growth of the urban population have caused the rapid increase of urban expansion. The increase in the built-up area of Lahore has seen remarkable growth during the past five decades. This study is aimed at detecting the Spatio-temporal changes in land use land cover and evaluating the urban expansion of Lahore since 1973. The conversion of land to other uses is primarily because of growth in urban population, whereas the increase in economic activities is the central reason for the land-use changes. In this study, temporal Landsat imageries were integrated with demographic data in the GIS environment to quantify the spatial and temporal dynamics of land use land cover (LULC) changes and urban expansion of Lahore city. The supervised image classification of maximum likelihood algorithm was applied on Landsat MSS (1973 and 1980), TM (1990), ETM+ (2000), TM (2010), and OLI/TIRs (2020) images, whereas a postclassification comparison technique was employed to detect changes over time. The spatial and temporal analysis revealed that during the past five decades, the built-up area of Lahore city has expanded by ~ 532 km2. It was found from the analysis that in Lahore city the urban expansion was primarily at the cost of loss of fertile agricultural land, vegetation, and other cultivable land use. The analysis further revealed that the structure and growth pattern of Lahore has mainly followed road network and linear expansion. The results indicate that this accretive urban expansion is attributed to socio-economic, demography, conversion of farmland, rural-urban migration, proximity to transportation routes, and commercial factors. This study envisions for decision-makers and urban planners to devise effective spatial urban planning strategies and check the growth trend of Lahore city.

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