Spatial-Temporal analysis of land use/land cover changes in Bindura district Using Gis And Remote Sensing.
- Author
- Chibanda, Melody
- Title
- Spatial-Temporal analysis of land use/land cover changes in Bindura district Using Gis And Remote Sensing.
- Abstract
- Land use and land cover change is a common phenomenon in this contemporary world. This is being driven mainly by human activities which include urbanization, mining, agricultural activities and unsustainable exploitation of natural resources like timber/wood. However, changes in Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) have both beneficial and adverse impacts to the welfare of men and the sustainability of ecosystems which is strongly dependent on the type of change. It is against this background that this research used GIS and Remote sensing techniques to determine changes in Land Use and Land cover in Bindura District, with the aim of identifying the drivers of change and the associated impacts, so as to stimulate proactive risk informed decision making to reduce Disaster risk in Bindura district by monitoring and controlling land use and lad cover change. Landsat 8 images were acquired and processed for the 2002, 2012 and 2022 and the overall accuracy assessment was 78%. The research provided empirical evidence of anthropogenic conversion drivers, spatially delineated hotspot changes and highlighted need for pragmatic land use planning and community-based management strategies to curb further degradation and promote green growth around urbanizing
- Date
- JUNE 2024
- Publisher
- BUSE
- Keywords
- Land use in Bindura, Town growth, Geographic Information systems, Remote sensing.
- Supervisor
- Mr T Gomo
- Item sets
- Department of Geosciences
- Media
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MELODY CHIBANDA-DMS.pdf