Landuse/Cover Change Trend in Soroti District Eastern Uganda
This study assessed the extent and trend of landuse/cover change in Soroti District, Uganda. A series of systematically corrected Orthorectified Landsat imageries of 1973, 1986 and 2001 were downloaded from the Landsat website. The images were analysed using unsupervised classification approach and...
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Joint Coordination Centre of the World Bank assisted National Agricultural Research Programme (NARP)
2010-06-01
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| description | This study assessed the extent and trend of landuse/cover change in Soroti District, Uganda. A series of systematically corrected Orthorectified Landsat imageries of 1973, 1986 and 2001 were downloaded from the Landsat website. The images were analysed using unsupervised classification approach and the land-use/cover
were validated and/or reconstructed by ground truthing, use of secondary data, and key informants. The study establishes that; small-scale farming was the major landuse type (24.2%) and grasslands were the dominant landcover unit (26.1%) in 1973. Small-scale farming however declined by 5.3% in 1986 due to prevailing insurgence at the time while grasslands gained by 2.9%. In 2001, small-scale farming had increased by 13.6% at the expense of woodlands (-2.3%), Bushlands(-5.5%), Forest stock (-2.2%) and wetlands (-0.44) that experienced declines. This drastic gain in
small-scale farming is likely to treat negative environmental effects such as intensity of floods and droughts, soil nutrient and biodiversity loss due habitat conversion.
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| spelling | doaj.art-ccabfd7b10624af1bd383dd2933d5f7b2024-04-02T19:57:10ZengJoint Coordination Centre of the World Bank assisted National Agricultural Research Programme (NARP)Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management2659-15022659-14992010-06-0113410.4314/jasem.v13i4.55426Landuse/Cover Change Trend in Soroti District Eastern UgandaA EgeruMCJ MajaliwaThis study assessed the extent and trend of landuse/cover change in Soroti District, Uganda. A series of systematically corrected Orthorectified Landsat imageries of 1973, 1986 and 2001 were downloaded from the Landsat website. The images were analysed using unsupervised classification approach and the land-use/cover were validated and/or reconstructed by ground truthing, use of secondary data, and key informants. The study establishes that; small-scale farming was the major landuse type (24.2%) and grasslands were the dominant landcover unit (26.1%) in 1973. Small-scale farming however declined by 5.3% in 1986 due to prevailing insurgence at the time while grasslands gained by 2.9%. In 2001, small-scale farming had increased by 13.6% at the expense of woodlands (-2.3%), Bushlands(-5.5%), Forest stock (-2.2%) and wetlands (-0.44) that experienced declines. This drastic gain in small-scale farming is likely to treat negative environmental effects such as intensity of floods and droughts, soil nutrient and biodiversity loss due habitat conversion. https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jasem/article/view/55426 |
| spellingShingle | A Egeru MCJ Majaliwa Landuse/Cover Change Trend in Soroti District Eastern Uganda Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management |
| title | Landuse/Cover Change Trend in Soroti District Eastern Uganda |
| title_full | Landuse/Cover Change Trend in Soroti District Eastern Uganda |
| title_fullStr | Landuse/Cover Change Trend in Soroti District Eastern Uganda |
| title_full_unstemmed | Landuse/Cover Change Trend in Soroti District Eastern Uganda |
| title_short | Landuse/Cover Change Trend in Soroti District Eastern Uganda |
| title_sort | landuse cover change trend in soroti district eastern uganda |
| url | https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jasem/article/view/55426 |
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