Abstract
Land use land cover change analysis has become an important element in the development of strategies for natural and environmental resource management. The main aim of this case study was to demonstrate the land use land cover changes that happened between 2002 and 2010 in the eastern Twente, the Netherlands. The study used Spot and Landsat TM images for the study period of 2002 and 2010 respectively. A Pixel-based supervised image classification technique was used for classification of images. Post classification technique was implemented to analyze the changes occurred between the different land cover types over the study period. The result of the post classification comparison method showed that the major change consisted of agriculture and nature conservation areas changed into built up areas. The result demonstrated that a high reduction in conservation and agriculture area coverage with a reduction percentage of 26.12% and 16.62% have happened between the study periods respectively. On the other hand, the built-up area cover has increased by 60.48% between the year 2002 and 2010 study periods. This study informs the need to tackle the expansion of residential areas through careful spatial planning and design future appropriate land management options.
Highlights
Land use land cover changes have an impact on the composition of the atmosphere which results in the change of climate and weather conditions at the local and global levels [1]
The study utilized remote sensing data available for the study period to describe the pattern of the land use land cover dynamics in the eastern Twente, the Netherlands
Land use and land cover change detection is the fundamental point in the planning of sustainable management and utilization strategies for managing natural resources and monitoring environmental changes as a whole
Summary
Land use land cover changes have an impact on the composition of the atmosphere which results in the change of climate and weather conditions at the local and global levels [1]. It has become an important element in the development of strategies for natural and environmental resource management [2]. The land use land cover changes are mainly triggered by natural disasters and human activities [4] This implies that it needs attention to monitoring of the earth’s resources for sustainable utilization and management of the resources. Land use land cover changes analysis provides information to understand the complex causes and interactions among the earth’s resources at the local and global levels [5]
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