Urban sprawl at the expense of cultivated land: decadal land use and land cover changes and future projections in the upper Awash basin of central Ethiopia

Urban sprawl at the expense of cultivated land: decadal land use and land cover changes and future projections in the upper Awash basin of central Ethiopia

IntroductionUrban sprawl in developing countries affects future sustainability concerns related to environment, ecology and cropland losses. This study aimed at identifying, classifying and quantifying the changes in land-use and land-cover (LULC) during the last two decades (2000–2020) and predict...

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Main Authors: Birtukan Abebe Hirpa, Girma Berhe Adane, Asfawossen Asrat, Dessie Nedaw, Cholho Song, Minwoo Roh, Woo-Kyun Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
LULC
CA-Markov
future trends
urban sprawl
Addis Ababa
urbanization
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2023.1160987/full

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