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DOI: 10.31248/GJEES
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Assessment of land use/land cover changes in Auyo Local Government Area of Jigawa State, Nigeria
https://doi.org/10.31248/GJEES2023.141 | Article Number: 6BE53DF62 | Vol.10 (2) - April 2025
Received Date: 27 October 2023 | Accepted Date: 23 April 2025 | Published Date: 30 April 2025
Authors: Ma’aruf Murtala* , Adamu Ahmed and Muhammad Abdulkadir
Keywords: vegetation, Change, human activities, Landsat, land cover
Land use and land cover change analysis enables planners and policymakers to have adequate knowledge of what should be done to have equitable development that will be sustainable and eco-friendly. The understanding of human activities and the physical environment of any region is pertinent, and it requires constant study of its land use and land cover changes over time. This research, therefore, focuses on land use/land cover (LULC) changes in the Auyo Local Government Area of Jigawa State. In view of this, Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper (TM) of 2008 and Landsat 8 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) data of 2022 were used to examine the change in land use and land cover by classification of the two Landsat images. Results show that built-up increased from 21% in 2002 to 74% in 2022. Bare lands occupied 64% of the total area examined in 2002 but decreased to about 23% in 2022. In addition, the vegetation decreased from about 15% in 2002 to 3% in the years 2022. The research recommends the need for further research on urban-related studies, especially looking into the effect of anthropogenic activities on land surface dynamics. It also recommend regional developmental planning to encourage and regulate growth in land use and land cover for sustainable development to be achieved.
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