Land Use and Land Cover Dynamics: Deriving Forces and Perceptions of Local Community in Derashe, Southern Ethiopia.

Autor: Taye A; Hawassa University, College of Agriculture, Department of Rural Development and Agribusiness, Awasa, Ethiopia., Anbacha A; Hawassa University, College of Agriculture, Department of Rural Development and Agribusiness, Awasa, Ethiopia., Girma F; Hawassa University, Wondo Genet College of Forestry and Natural Resource, Department of Geographic Information Science, Awasa, Ethiopia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: TheScientificWorldJournal [ScientificWorldJournal] 2023 Dec 26; Vol. 2023, pp. 6905404. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 26 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI: 10.1155/2023/6905404
Abstrakt: Changes in land use and land cover (LULC) reached a point where we must reconcile. Thus, this study was conducted to assess the LULC changes, deriving forces, and the local community perceptions in Derashe, Southern Ethiopia. Landsat Series sensors' 4, 5, and 8 imagery was used to analyze the LULC over the year. Focus group discussions (FGDs) and key informant interviews (KIIs) were used to assess the deriving force and perceptions. Maximum likelihood of the supervised digital image classification technique was employed. Postclassification was used to detect and quantify changes. Deriving force and perception data were analyzed through descriptive statistics and narration. Five major LULC classes were identified. A major increase was observed in settlement and agricultural land by displacing forest and bush lands. However, the water body was fluctuated. According to the local community, the agricultural land expansion and growing population pressure are the major proximate and underlying deriving forces, respectively. Therefore, proper design for efficient use is necessary.
Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
(Copyright © 2023 Agegnehu Taye et al.)
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