Determining land use change pattern in southern Nigeria: a comparative study

9th IGRSM International Conference and Exhibition on Geospatial & Remote Sensing

地球科学;计算机科学

Izah, Linda Ngozi^1,2 ; Majid, Zukepli^1 ; Mohd Ariff, Mohd Farid^1 ; Mohammed, Habiba Ibrahim^1

Geospatial Imaging and Information Research Group, Faculty Geoinformation and Real Estate, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia^1

Department of Surveying and Geoinformatics, Federal Polytechnic Auchi, Nigeria^2

关键词: Comparative studies;    Forest land;    Human health;    Land areas;    Land-use change;    Multi-temporal;    Study areas;    Waterbodies;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/169/1/012040/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/169/1/012040

学科分类：计算机科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The use of land for different purposes makes it an essential commodity. The fact that it is fixed in supply constitute a problem to land usage. This paper presents a land use change pattern analysis in the three geopolitical zones of southern Nigeria as a prerequisite towards the development of adequate human health monitoring model for the study area. The land area of Ebonyi Edo and Ondo states were used for the study. Time series of multitemporal landsat satellite imageries of four different epochs from 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2016 that were obtained from the United State Geological Survey was used for the analysis. The results indicate that there is substantial change of land use from 2000 to 2016 for the built-up land, forestland, farmland and mixed land in the study area. On the other hand, water body and rock outcrop land show less significant land use change. Other types of land decreases as the built-up land increases. The findings suggest that animals such as rat, monkey and rabbit that have their homes in the forest and farmland would be displaced, and might be tempted to dwell among men, which implies that humanity in the Southern Nigeria might become susceptible to diseases.