Past and future land-use/land-cover change trends and its potential drivers in Koore’s agricultural landscape, Southern Ethiopia
Wise-use of land resources determines sustainability of environment and human welfare. But, the ongoing land-use change constrains environmental sustainability. Thus, this study aims to quantify past and future land-use change trend with its associated drivers in Koore’s agricultural landscape of So...
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| author | Aden Abdurahman Eshetu Yirsaw Wondifraw Nigussie Kitessa Hundera |
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| description | Wise-use of land resources determines sustainability of environment and human welfare. But, the ongoing land-use change constrains environmental sustainability. Thus, this study aims to quantify past and future land-use change trend with its associated drivers in Koore’s agricultural landscape of Southern Ethiopia. To quantify the change trends, geospatial tools were applied. A CA–Markov model was used to predict land-use changes. Relative Importance Index was used to identify major drivers of the change. The result of the study showed agroforestry, built-up and cultivation rise by 192%, 152% and 18% at the expense of natural environment. Population growth and agricultural expansion are among the leading land-use change drivers. CA–Markov model revealed a continued increment of anthropogenically modified land-use classes which adversely affect the sustainability of the landscape. Information on spatiotemporal dynamics has been confirmed as effectual measure for nature conservation, agriculture, urban planners, and policymakers to plan sustainable development actions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a3d624b73a604a4183efafcdc0b6c5182023-09-19T09:13:18ZengTaylor & Francis GroupGeocarto International1010-60491752-07622023-12-0138110.1080/10106049.2023.22299522229952Past and future land-use/land-cover change trends and its potential drivers in Koore’s agricultural landscape, Southern EthiopiaAden Abdurahman0Eshetu Yirsaw1Wondifraw Nigussie2Kitessa Hundera3Department of Natural Resources Management, Jimma University College of Agriculture and Veterinary MedicineDepartment of Natural Resources Management, Dilla University College of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesDepartment of Land Administration and Surveying, Dilla University College of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesDepartment of Biology, Jimma University College of Computational and Natural ScienceWise-use of land resources determines sustainability of environment and human welfare. But, the ongoing land-use change constrains environmental sustainability. Thus, this study aims to quantify past and future land-use change trend with its associated drivers in Koore’s agricultural landscape of Southern Ethiopia. To quantify the change trends, geospatial tools were applied. A CA–Markov model was used to predict land-use changes. Relative Importance Index was used to identify major drivers of the change. The result of the study showed agroforestry, built-up and cultivation rise by 192%, 152% and 18% at the expense of natural environment. Population growth and agricultural expansion are among the leading land-use change drivers. CA–Markov model revealed a continued increment of anthropogenically modified land-use classes which adversely affect the sustainability of the landscape. Information on spatiotemporal dynamics has been confirmed as effectual measure for nature conservation, agriculture, urban planners, and policymakers to plan sustainable development actions.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2023.2229952agricultural landscapegeospatialkooreland-use/land-covermodeling |
| spellingShingle | Aden Abdurahman Eshetu Yirsaw Wondifraw Nigussie Kitessa Hundera Past and future land-use/land-cover change trends and its potential drivers in Koore’s agricultural landscape, Southern Ethiopia Geocarto International agricultural landscape geospatial koore land-use/land-cover modeling |
| title | Past and future land-use/land-cover change trends and its potential drivers in Koore’s agricultural landscape, Southern Ethiopia |
| title_full | Past and future land-use/land-cover change trends and its potential drivers in Koore’s agricultural landscape, Southern Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Past and future land-use/land-cover change trends and its potential drivers in Koore’s agricultural landscape, Southern Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Past and future land-use/land-cover change trends and its potential drivers in Koore’s agricultural landscape, Southern Ethiopia |
| title_short | Past and future land-use/land-cover change trends and its potential drivers in Koore’s agricultural landscape, Southern Ethiopia |
| title_sort | past and future land use land cover change trends and its potential drivers in koore s agricultural landscape southern ethiopia |
| topic | agricultural landscape geospatial koore land-use/land-cover modeling |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2023.2229952 |
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