scholarly journals Dimensions of land use change and implications in spatial planning of emerging town Bedkot municipality, Kanchanpur district, Nepal

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 185-200
Author(s):  
Kedar Dahal ◽  
Krishna Prasad Timalsina
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Transportation Network ◽  
Urban Expansion ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Rural Settlements ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Agriculture Land ◽  
Spatial Changes ◽  
Spatial Dimensions

Rapid transformation of rural settlements into municipalities in Nepal has brought significant changes in land use and urban expansion patterns mostly through the conversion of agriculture land into the built up area. The issue is studied taking a case of rapidly growing Tarai town of Bedkot Municipality of Kanchanpur District. This study is based on field interaction, observation, and available data review. After the declaration of Bedkot as a municipality, several new roads have been opened and upgraded; and the municipality is well connected to the national transportation network. After promulgated the Constitution of Nepal, 2015 and activated the elected local body, the municipality budget has been increased significantly as a result of increasing municipal investment on socio-economic and physical infrastructure development and environmental protection which have attracted people, goods and services creating it as the zone of influence of the surroundings. Rapid spatial changes have been observed with inflow of population in the municipality. One of the changes found is the increasing built-up area by 3.6 percent and expansion of urban area through decreasing the agriculture land by 3.5 percent. Urban growth has been observed taking place along the highway corridor clustering at nodal junctions and some other potential locations. Implications of such spatial dimensions have been core issue of urban development planning in most of the newly declared municipalities in Nepal.

scholarly journals Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Municipal Planning, a case study of Barahathawa Municipality, Nepal

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kedar Dahal ◽  
Krishna P. Timilsina
Keyword(s):  
Urban Growth ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Temporal Dynamics ◽  
Transportation Network ◽  
Urban Expansion ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Rural Settlements ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Dynamics ◽  
Spatio Temporal

The Rapid transformation of rural settlements into municipalities in Nepal has brought significant changes in land use and urban expansion patterns mostly through the conversion of agricultural land into the built-up area. The issue is studied taking a case of rapidly growing town Barahathawa Municipality of Sarlahi District. After the declaration of the municipality, several new roads have been opened and upgraded; and the municipality has well-connected to the national transportation network. After promulgated the Constitution of Nepal 2015 and elected local bodies, the municipality budget has been increased significantly as a result of increasing municipal investment in socio-economic and physical infrastructure development and environmental protection which have attracted people, goods, and services creating the zone of influence. One of the changes found in the municipality is the increasing built-up area and expansion of urban growth through the decreasing agricultural land. Urban growth has been observed taking place around the Barahathawa Bazaar and main roadsides. The built-up area in Barahathawa municipality has remarkably increased by 184% with the decrease of shrub and agricultural land within 10 years. Implications of such spatial and temporal dynamics have been a core issue of urban planning in most of the newly declared municipalities in Nepal

scholarly journals Direct use values of selected vegetation resources in the Okavango delta wetland

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 242-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Mmopelwa ◽  
James Blignaut ◽  
Rashid Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Net Present Value ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Okavango Delta ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Ecosystem Goods And Services ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Use Values ◽  
Direct Use

The economic benefits generated by wetlands and the costs associated with their degradation or loss are frequently overlooked. This often leads to decisions that stimulate wetland conversion and degradation.  An important step towards correcting this situation and countering this neglect is to establish the true values of a wetland’s ecosystem goods and services.  This study attempts to estimate the direct use values of native plants, such as palm leaves for basketry, grass for thatching, fuelwood, edible fruits and plant parts used by three villages adjacent to the Okavango Delta during the 2003 calendar year.  Other sources of ecosystem goods and services, such as fishing, floodplain farming and tourism, were not considered in this study.  The average annual value per household of these harvested resources is generally higher than that of similar resources found in other southern African wetlands, owing to higher consumption rates. The overall total direct use value of plant resources, including household income contributions “in kind”, was estimated at US$1 434 per household for 2003 (or US$43.41/ha). This value is almost equal to the average household financial income of US$1 416/year. The net present value of the overall benefit from the direct use of the vegetative resources is estimated at US$101.9 million. This clearly indicates the value of the use of natural resources and their contribution to livelihoods and quality of life.  This value is so significant that economic development planners ought to incorporate it into development planning. They should not conceive infrastructure development that would jeopardise the communities’ access to these natural resources without any well-developed mitigation strategy.

scholarly journals Analytical Study on Urban Expansion Using the Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Land Use Change in Faisalabad City, Pakistan

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 102-108
Author(s):  
Nusrat Parveen ◽  
Abdul Ghaffar ◽  
Muhammad Nasar-u- Minallah ◽  
Muhammad Ali
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Temporal Dynamics ◽  
Accuracy Assessment ◽  
Urban Expansion ◽  
Water Area ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Maximum Increase ◽  
Barren Land ◽  
Agriculture Land ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Dynamics

Urban expansion and unparalleled rural to urban conversion, along with an enormous population growth areinfluential forces changing land use in metropolitan areas. The current work determined temporal and spatial alterationin built-up area, agriculture land, barren land and water area by using Landsat imageries of Faisalabad city from 2003to 2017.The supervised classification technique has been performed on all the images to produce the land use changemaps using the maximum likelihood algorithm and accuracy assessment of the classification has been performed. It hasbeen concluded maximum increase of built-up land were from 30% in 2003 to 50% in 2017 whereas the maximumdecrease in agriculture land class has been observed from 36% of 2003 to 10% in 2017. Urban population of Faisalabadcity has increased from 2 million in 1998 to population statistics reached up to 3.2 million in 2017. Faisalabad 3rdlargest city of Pakistan facing lot of issues due to urban expansion, analyzing the reasons and penalties of land usechanges facilitate local government and urban planners for the better management of future plans regarding the urbansettlements and reduce the negative consequences.

scholarly journals Urban Sprawl Mapping through Geo-Informatics and Impact on Land use and Landcover of Kakinada Municipal Corporation in Andhra Pradesh, India.

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 373-378
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Urban Sprawl ◽  
Water Body ◽  
Urban Expansion ◽  
Natural Increase ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Dry Land ◽  
Gis And Remote Sensing ◽  
The Impact

Urban infrastructure and urban sprawl required the idea of preparing a proper management plan to avoid the unwanted environmental and economic impacts that come with it. The main objective of the research is to map the urban sprawl using Geospatial technology and t its impact on land use and land cover. The increase in the rate of population over the last two decades is equally responsible for the urban expansion and subsequent infrastructure development. The results of the integrated geospatial study shows that the urban expansion of Kakinada Municipal Corporation was largely caused by the increase in built-up area from 29.67% in 1995, 44.86% in 2011 to 51.34% in 2017 to 62.84% in 2019 out of Kakinada’s township area of 189552.6 ha mainly due to natural increase of the population and rural ward migration. Vegetation area was 50.68% in 1995 and has declined to 37.82% in 2011. However, the percentage of vegetation experienced a hike and covered 40.23% in 2017 and then went downhill with a land cover percentage of 34.04% of the total township by the year 2019. Over the last two decades the water-body and the dry land were largely converted into built-up areas. The decline of 49151 ha of water-body due mainly because of the urban expansion and the dry-land lost nearly 27200.79 ha of its land cover to the built-up areas. Therefore, controlling and monitoring of urban expansion using GIS and remote sensing technologies are vital solutions to assess the impact of urban expansion of land use and land cover.

scholarly journals Spatio-temporal Analysis of South Western States of Nigeria using Remote Sensing Techniques

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 298-313
Author(s):  
A. E. Oseni ◽  
G. O. Ode
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Change Detection ◽  
Urban Growth ◽  
Urban Expansion ◽  
Temporal Analysis ◽  
Bare Soil ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Remote Sensing Techniques

The south western states of Nigeria have witnessed urban growth over time and the effect of this is urban growth has resulted in loss of vegetation, waterbody, bare soil, mangroves and gain in built up area for residential and commercial purposes. This research utilizes Remote Sensing techniques in mapping of Land Use/Land Cover changes that has taken place in south western states of Nigeria between a period of 15 years from 2003 to 2018 at a five year interval using Multi temporal Landsat satellite images (MSS, TM, and ETM+).Using supervised classification algorithm, the images were classified into bare soil, built-up area, vegetation and water body, which was used to carry out change detection analysis or time series analysis. Change detection analyses were carried out on the imageries to obtain the physical expansion of the area due to various land use. Results obtained from the analysis of built-up area dynamics for fifteen years revealed that the states have been undergoing urban expansion processes at the detriment of other landcover. The expansion of the built-up area from the analysis shows that the urban center is spreading to adjoining non-built-up areas in all directions. The analysis and quantification of the spatial trend revealed that urban expansion patterns and developmental processes of the past trends and present trends can provide better understanding of the dynamics of spatial increase in built up area and guide for sustainable urban development planning for future urban growth.

scholarly journals Analytical Study on Urban Expansion Using the Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Land Use Change in Faisalabad City, Pakistan

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 102-108
Author(s):  
Nusrat Parveen ◽  
Abdul Ghaffar ◽  
Muhammad Nasar-u- Minallah ◽  
Muhammad Ali
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Temporal Dynamics ◽  
Accuracy Assessment ◽  
Urban Expansion ◽  
Water Area ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Maximum Increase ◽  
Barren Land ◽  
Agriculture Land ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Dynamics

Urban expansion and unparalleled rural to urban conversion, along with an enormous population growth areinfluential forces changing land use in metropolitan areas. The current work determined temporal and spatial alterationin built-up area, agriculture land, barren land and water area by using Landsat imageries of Faisalabad city from 2003to 2017.The supervised classification technique has been performed on all the images to produce the land use changemaps using the maximum likelihood algorithm and accuracy assessment of the classification has been performed. It hasbeen concluded maximum increase of built-up land were from 30% in 2003 to 50% in 2017 whereas the maximumdecrease in agriculture land class has been observed from 36% of 2003 to 10% in 2017. Urban population of Faisalabadcity has increased from 2 million in 1998 to population statistics reached up to 3.2 million in 2017. Faisalabad 3rdlargest city of Pakistan facing lot of issues due to urban expansion, analyzing the reasons and penalties of land usechanges facilitate local government and urban planners for the better management of future plans regarding the urbansettlements and reduce the negative consequences.

Implication of Socio-economic Factors on Land Use and Forest Cover Changes in and Around Magamba Nature Reserve in Tanzania

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 108-117
Author(s):  
Solomon Jeremiah Sembosi
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Population Pressure ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Rural Settlements ◽  
Mountainous Regions ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

Rural settlements in mountainous regions are a typical process that occurs in many places around the world and have a number of implications on the landscape. Among them is a threat it possesses to the conservation and management of Afromontane ecosystems. This study assessed the socio-economic factors that drive the changes in land use and forest cover and the extent of land use and vegetation cover in and around Magamba Nature Reserve. Focus group discussion, direct field observation and household survey were used to acquire socio-economic information that impacts land use and forest cover. Through the use of Remote Sensing and GIS methods Landsat satellite images of 1995, 2008 and 2015 were employed to identify the extent of the changes in land use and forest cover. The perceived factors for the changes include education level, unemployment, landless/limited, landholding, population pressure, expansion of built-up areas and agricultural land at the expense of other land covers. This study revealed the transformation of natural forest and associated vegetation from one form to another. There was a decrease in natural vegetation from 61.06% in 1995 to 26.02% in 2015 and increase in built-up areas by 6.69% and agricultural areas by 4.70%. This study recommends conservation monitoring and strong law enforcement relating to natural resources so as to promote sustainable use of resources to rescue the diminishing ecosystem services.

scholarly journals Spatial-Temporal Land Use and Land Cover Changes in Urban Areas Using Remote Sensing Images and GIS Analysis: The Case Study of Opole, Poland

Geosciences ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 312
Author(s):  
Barbara Wiatkowska ◽  
Janusz Słodczyk ◽  
Aleksandra Stokowska
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Satellite Imagery ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Urban Expansion ◽  
Landsat 8 ◽  
Rate Of Increase ◽  
Management Procedures

Urban expansion is a dynamic and complex phenomenon, often involving adverse changes in land use and land cover (LULC). This paper uses satellite imagery from Landsat-5 TM, Landsat-8 OLI, Sentinel-2 MSI, and GIS technology to analyse LULC changes in 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, and 2020. The research was carried out in Opole, the capital of the Opole Agglomeration (south-western Poland). Maps produced from supervised spectral classification of remote sensing data revealed that in 20 years, built-up areas have increased about 40%, mainly at the expense of agricultural land. Detection of changes in the spatial pattern of LULC showed that the highest average rate of increase in built-up areas occurred in the zone 3–6 km (11.7%) and above 6 km (10.4%) from the centre of Opole. The analysis of the increase of built-up land in relation to the decreasing population (SDG 11.3.1) has confirmed the ongoing process of demographic suburbanisation. The paper shows that satellite imagery and GIS can be a valuable tool for local authorities and planners to monitor the scale of urbanisation processes for the purpose of adapting space management procedures to the changing environment.

scholarly journals Toward a Dualistic Growth? Population Increase and Land-Use Change in Rome, Italy

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 749
Author(s):  
Leonardo Bianchini ◽  
Gianluca Egidi ◽  
Ahmed Alhuseen ◽  
Adele Sateriano ◽  
Sirio Cividino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Change ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Urban Expansion ◽  
Arable Land ◽  
Central Italy ◽  
Agricultural Landscapes ◽  
Population Increase ◽  
Per Capita

The spatial mismatch between population growth and settlement expansion is at the base of current models of urban growth. Empirical evidence is increasingly required to inform planning measures promoting urban containment in the context of a stable (or declining) population. In these regards, per-capita indicators of land-use change can be adopted with the aim at evaluating long-term sustainability of urbanization processes. The present study assesses spatial variations in per-capita indicators of land-use change in Rome, Central Italy, at five years (1949, 1974, 1999, 2008, and 2016) with the final objective of quantifying the mismatch between urban expansion and population growth. Originally specialized in agricultural productions, Rome’s metropolitan area is a paradigmatic example of dispersed urban expansion in the Mediterranean basin. By considering multiple land-use dynamics, per-capita indicators of landscape change delineated three distinctive waves of growth corresponding with urbanization, suburbanization, and a more mixed stage with counter-urbanization and re-urbanization impulses. By reflecting different socioeconomic contexts on a local scale, urban fabric and forests were identified as the ‘winner’ classes, expanding homogeneously over time at the expense of cropland. Agricultural landscapes experienced a more heterogeneous trend with arable land and pastures declining systematically and more fragmented land classes (e.g., vineyards and olive groves) displaying stable (or slightly increasing) trends. The continuous reduction of per-capita surface area of cropland that’s supports a reduced production base, which is now insufficient to satisfy the rising demand for fresh food at the metropolitan scale, indicates the unsustainability of the current development in Rome and more generally in the whole Mediterranean basin, a region specialized traditionally in (proximity) agricultural productions.

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