Effect of Urbanization on Land use Land Cover in Gombe Metropolis
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 supervi...
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| author | L.A. Mbaya G. O. Abu Yila Caiaphas Makadi D.M. Umar |
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| description | 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 via georeferencing, 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. These results could help city planners and policy makers to attain and sustain future urban development. It is therefore recommended that encouragement should be given to people to build towards the outskirts, like New mile 3 and Tumfure, etc through the provision of incentives and forces of attraction that is available at the city center in these areas to avoid the problem of overcrowdings. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5872e95ce28b4eb4826471c942b930882023-12-03T10:56:11ZengThe Institute of Research and Community Services, Universitas TerbukaInternational Journal of Research in STEM Education2721-32422721-29042019-11-0111222910.31098/ijrse.v1i1.58Effect of Urbanization on Land use Land Cover in Gombe MetropolisL.A. Mbaya0G. O. Abu1Yila Caiaphas Makadi2D.M. Umar3Department of Geography, Gombe State University, Gombe, NigeriaDepartment of Geography, Gombe State University, Gombe, NigeriaDepartment of Geography, Gombe State University, Gombe, NigeriaDepartment of Biological Sciences, Gombe State University, Gombe, NigeriaThis 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 via georeferencing, 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. These results could help city planners and policy makers to attain and sustain future urban development. It is therefore recommended that encouragement should be given to people to build towards the outskirts, like New mile 3 and Tumfure, etc through the provision of incentives and forces of attraction that is available at the city center in these areas to avoid the problem of overcrowdings.urbanizationland use/coverchange detectiongomberemote sensinggis |
| spellingShingle | L.A. Mbaya G. O. Abu Yila Caiaphas Makadi D.M. Umar Effect of Urbanization on Land use Land Cover in Gombe Metropolis International Journal of Research in STEM Education urbanization land use/cover change detection gombe remote sensing gis |
| title | Effect of Urbanization on Land use Land Cover in Gombe Metropolis |
| title_full | Effect of Urbanization on Land use Land Cover in Gombe Metropolis |
| title_fullStr | Effect of Urbanization on Land use Land Cover in Gombe Metropolis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of Urbanization on Land use Land Cover in Gombe Metropolis |
| title_short | Effect of Urbanization on Land use Land Cover in Gombe Metropolis |
| title_sort | effect of urbanization on land use land cover in gombe metropolis |
| topic | urbanization land use/cover change detection gombe remote sensing gis |
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