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MAPPING LAND COVER LAND USE CHANGE IN MBEERE DISTRICT, KENYA

Maluki, Peter Masavi
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1187030316

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2007, Master of Arts, Miami University, Geography.
The main goal of the study was mapping land cover land use change patterns in Mbeere District between 1987 and 2000.Two Landsat images acquired in 1987 and 2000; and MODIS data were used to map and quantify the patterns of change. The results revealed a complex land cover change pattern between the two dates; with both positive and negative changes. Grasslands increased by 29 %, settlement/agriculture by 31 %, while woodland reduced by 41%. The study also confirmed that digital change detection is still a viable change detection method in arid and semi-arid lands despite limitations associated with factors like high spectral similarities and phenology.
Mary Henry (Advisor)
land cover change; MBEERE; change detection; woodland

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  • Maluki, P. M. (2007). MAPPING LAND COVER LAND USE CHANGE IN MBEERE DISTRICT, KENYA [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1187030316

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Maluki, Peter. MAPPING LAND COVER LAND USE CHANGE IN MBEERE DISTRICT, KENYA. 2007. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1187030316.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Maluki, Peter. "MAPPING LAND COVER LAND USE CHANGE IN MBEERE DISTRICT, KENYA." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1187030316

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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