Effect of Urbanization on Land use Land Cover in Gombe Metropolis

L.A. Mbaya; G. O. Abu; Y.C. Makadi; D.M. Umar

Authors

L.A. Mbaya
G. O. Abu
Y.C. Makadi
D.M. Umar

Keywords:

urbanization, land use/cover, change detection, gombe, remote sensing, GIS

Abstract

This study examined the integration of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System (RS/GIS) for analyzing land use and land cover dynamics in Gombe Metropolitan, the Gombe State capital for the period 1976 to 2016. Land sat (TM) images of 1976, 1996and 2016 were used. The study employed supervised digital image classification method using Erdas Imagine 9.2 and Arc GIS 10.5 software and classified the land use into undisturbed vegetation, sparse vegetation, Settlements, Farmlands, Rock outcrops, Bare surfaces. The images were analyzed viageo referencing, image enhancement, image resampling and classification. The results obtained show an increasing settlements (from 0.36% -4.01%) and farmlands (from 24.8% -51.2%), over a decreasing of other LULC classes (bare surfaces, undisturbed and sparse vegetation, and rocky outcrops) for the time period of 1976 to 2016.

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Effect of Urbanization on Land use Land Cover in Gombe Metropolis. (2019). Global Journal of Human-Social Science, 19(B2), 59-64. https://socialscienceresearch.org/index.php/GJHSS/article/view/2883

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