Monitoring Land Use Changes Using Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System (GIS) in Gua Musang, Kelantan, Malaysia
The development of land use is rapidly changing due to economic improvements. The availability of the most recent land use information is very useful and necessary for administration, monitoring and management for decision making and planning. With advanced technology of remote sensing (RS) and g...
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| description | The development of land use is rapidly changing due to economic
improvements. The availability of the most recent land use information is very useful
and necessary for administration, monitoring and management for decision making and
planning. With advanced technology of remote sensing (RS) and geographical
information system (GIS), the mapping process can acquire spatial information more
efficiently, timely and easy to recheck. This study was undertaken to detect land use
change by integrating RS and GIS technologies in northern part of Gua Musang district,
Kelantan state. The objective of this study was to assess the usefulness of integrating
remotely sensed data with GIS for land use change detection. The specific objective is
to quantify and map the land use change in northern part of Gua Musang district. In
order to acquire land use changes data, a set of Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) dated
May 1990 and July 1997 with scale of 1:150,000 in hard copies were acquired. Land
use classes were interpreted into maps and the maps were checked on the field for
ground truth. The land use map data were then transferred directly into the computer via ARC/INFO and ARCNIEW software. The land use data were digitized in ARC/INFO,
overlaid and analyzed in ARC/VIEW. Ground result showed that the total overall map
accuracy was 86.54%. Shrub (bushy/lalang) increased by 181.14% from 1990 to 1997
(13,757.35 ha), while newly cleared areas, rubber, and oil palm increased by 91.37%
(402.48 ha), 45.19% (6,791.68 ha) and 44.72% (7,81 2.66 ha), respectively. On the
other hand, other land use classes such as mixed horticulture, diversified crops, urban
and paddy also increased by 38.82% (327.27 ha), 11.95% (71.95 ha), 10.30% (73.63 ha) and 4.70% (12.79 ha) respectively. However, undisturbed and disturbed forest were
reduced by 8.10% (19,271.35 ha) and 27.70% (9,978.45 ha) during the same period.
Shrubs significantly showed an increasing trend of land use while forest areas are
decreasing in area compared to other land use classes. Rapid land use change took place
in the northern part of Gua Musang district whereby, nearly 36% of the changes was in
terms of shrub, oil palm and rubber land use conversions. The method used and the
results obtained strongly suggest that the integration of remote sensing and GIS offer
very promising opportunities for land use change detection and mapping. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-100322023-12-12T06:59:12Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10032/ Monitoring Land Use Changes Using Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System (GIS) in Gua Musang, Kelantan, Malaysia Senthavy, Somkhit The development of land use is rapidly changing due to economic improvements. The availability of the most recent land use information is very useful and necessary for administration, monitoring and management for decision making and planning. With advanced technology of remote sensing (RS) and geographical information system (GIS), the mapping process can acquire spatial information more efficiently, timely and easy to recheck. This study was undertaken to detect land use change by integrating RS and GIS technologies in northern part of Gua Musang district, Kelantan state. The objective of this study was to assess the usefulness of integrating remotely sensed data with GIS for land use change detection. The specific objective is to quantify and map the land use change in northern part of Gua Musang district. In order to acquire land use changes data, a set of Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) dated May 1990 and July 1997 with scale of 1:150,000 in hard copies were acquired. Land use classes were interpreted into maps and the maps were checked on the field for ground truth. The land use map data were then transferred directly into the computer via ARC/INFO and ARCNIEW software. The land use data were digitized in ARC/INFO, overlaid and analyzed in ARC/VIEW. Ground result showed that the total overall map accuracy was 86.54%. Shrub (bushy/lalang) increased by 181.14% from 1990 to 1997 (13,757.35 ha), while newly cleared areas, rubber, and oil palm increased by 91.37% (402.48 ha), 45.19% (6,791.68 ha) and 44.72% (7,81 2.66 ha), respectively. On the other hand, other land use classes such as mixed horticulture, diversified crops, urban and paddy also increased by 38.82% (327.27 ha), 11.95% (71.95 ha), 10.30% (73.63 ha) and 4.70% (12.79 ha) respectively. However, undisturbed and disturbed forest were reduced by 8.10% (19,271.35 ha) and 27.70% (9,978.45 ha) during the same period. Shrubs significantly showed an increasing trend of land use while forest areas are decreasing in area compared to other land use classes. Rapid land use change took place in the northern part of Gua Musang district whereby, nearly 36% of the changes was in terms of shrub, oil palm and rubber land use conversions. The method used and the results obtained strongly suggest that the integration of remote sensing and GIS offer very promising opportunities for land use change detection and mapping. 2000-12 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10032/1/FH_2000_15_IR.pdf Senthavy, Somkhit (2000) Monitoring Land Use Changes Using Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System (GIS) in Gua Musang, Kelantan, Malaysia. Masters thesis, Universiti Putra Malaysia. Land use mapping - Kelantan - Gua Musang - Case studies English |
| spellingShingle | Land use mapping - Kelantan - Gua Musang - Case studies Senthavy, Somkhit Monitoring Land Use Changes Using Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System (GIS) in Gua Musang, Kelantan, Malaysia |
| title | Monitoring Land Use Changes Using Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System (GIS) in Gua Musang, Kelantan, Malaysia |
| title_full | Monitoring Land Use Changes Using Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System (GIS) in Gua Musang, Kelantan, Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Monitoring Land Use Changes Using Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System (GIS) in Gua Musang, Kelantan, Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Monitoring Land Use Changes Using Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System (GIS) in Gua Musang, Kelantan, Malaysia |
| title_short | Monitoring Land Use Changes Using Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System (GIS) in Gua Musang, Kelantan, Malaysia |
| title_sort | monitoring land use changes using remote sensing and geographical information system gis in gua musang kelantan malaysia |
| topic | Land use mapping - Kelantan - Gua Musang - Case studies |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10032/1/FH_2000_15_IR.pdf |
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