Abstract
The Niagara region contains land that is ideal for agricultural practices. This land, however, might be jeopardized by rapid urbanization Southern Ontario has witnessed. Using Landsat 5 TM and 8 OLI-TIRS satellite imagery, spatial statistics, called landscape metrics, will be utilized to determine growth and loss of urban and agriculture land uses. Satellite imagery will be classified based on researched methods in order to create land class maps. These maps will then be utilized for landscape metrics to assess change at the regional level. The above methods will be done for the overall landscape of the Niagara Region. This study will find that agriculture in the Niagara Region is changing and endeavors to highlight how urban sprawl is part of the cause. Moreover, fragmentation will be discussed as part of the issues due to urban sprawl.
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