Impacts of land Use/land cover dynamics on ecosystem services in Jimma Rare District, Western Ethiopia
Sustainable Environment,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
11(1)
Опубликована: Дек. 12, 2024
Land
use/land
cover
(LULC)
change
is
one
of
the
most
important
environmental
phenomena
that
have
affected
earth's
system
and
its
ecosystem
services.
This
study
was
conducted
to
assess
impacts
LULC
on
services
in
Jimma
Rare
district
for
over
four
decades
(1974–2019).
To
understand
spatial
temporal
changes
LULC,
a
four-time
period
satellite
images
(1974,
1991,
2005,
2019)
were
obtained.
In
addition,
respondent
interviews,
focus
group
discussions
(FGD)
field
observations
employed
identify
drivers
land
use
changes.
Moreover,
service
value
coefficients
developed
at
global
level
used
provision
area.
The
showed
grassland
decreased
from
4518.87
ha
(13.09%)
902.42
(2.61%),
forest
3287.79
(9.52%)
2506.63
(7.26%)
wetlands
1182.08
(3.42%)
562.37
(1.63%)
period.
remarkable
expansion
cultivated
settlement
area
occurred
1974
1991.
total
reduced
662.75
million
$/ha/yr
577.03
period,
indicating
impact
values.
From
this
study,
it
possible
conclude
District
has
experienced
significant
past
45
years.
Hence,
appropriate
policy
packages
are
required
curb
such
vital
thereby
enhancing
sustainable
flow
district.
Язык: Английский
Leveraging Landsat Imagery and Support Vector Machine for Land Use/Land Cover Change Detection: A Case Study of the Panam River Watershed
E3S Web of Conferences,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
596, С. 01003 - 01003
Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024
This
study
investigates
land
cover/land
use
(LULC)
changes
within
the
Panam
River
Watershed
between
2011
and
2023.
Leveraging
freely
available
Landsat
imagery
geospatial
technologies
like
remote
sensing
GIS,
research
analyzes
four
LULC
classes:
settlement,
waterbodies,
agricultural
land,
wasteland.
A
supervised
classification
approach
using
Support
Vector
Machines
(SVM)
ArcGIS
software
is
employed
to
detect
cover
for
both
years.
The
analysis
reveals
significant
over
twelve-year
period.
Settlements
wastelands
experienced
increases
of
2.3%
9%,
respectively.
Conversely,
waterbodies
exhibited
declines
1.95%
9.38%,
observed
increase
in
settlements
wastelands,
coupled
with
decrease
raises
concerns
about
potential
environmental
raise
important
considerations
sustainable
management
practices.
Язык: Английский