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Land Use/Land Cover Patterns and Their Driving Factors in The Hirmi Watershed and Its Surrounding Agro-Ecosystem, Ethiopian Highlands

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Long-term land use/land cover (LULC) dynamics, as well as their underlying causes and consequences for land resource management, were investigated in a dryland watershed of Hirmi and its neighboring agro-ecosystem in Ethiopia's northern highlands. The research included two sets of aerial photos (1964 and 1994) as well as Spot 5 satellite images from 2006. Focus group talks and personal interview techniques were used to supplement the generated data. Cultivated and rural settlements, woodland, grassland, town, and a small artificial pond were all recognized as LULC categories in the research. Throughout the study period, there was an increase in agricultural and rural settlement, forestland use/land cover, and a decrease in grassland and shrubland use/cover types Cultivated and rural settlement land grew by 24.6 percent during a 42-year period. Grassland has decreased dramatically from 20% in 1964 to 11.3 percent in 2006. Forest coverage increased from 0.9 percent in 1964 to 1.8 percent in 2006. Indaselassie's population grew at an annual rate of 8.95 hectares (8.1 percent). Between 1994 and 2006, a 6-hectare artificial pond was built. LULC patterns in the Hirmi watershed and the surrounding agro-ecosystem have been affected by a combination of proximal and underlying reasons such as poverty, demographic pressure, institutional, and policy issues. Land resources were degraded as a consequence of the LULC dynamics. The immediate causes of LULC dynamics must be controlled by restricting farmland growth via increased land productivity and developing methods to manage urban land development. Long-term solutions, such as measures to slow population increase and alleviate rural poverty, must be developed in order to achieve sustainable land resource management practices in the study area.

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Land Use/Land Cover Dynamics, Remote Sensing, Degradation, Hirmi, Northern Ethiopia.

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"Land Use/Land Cover Patterns and Their Driving Factors in The Hirmi Watershed and Its Surrounding Agro-Ecosystem, Ethiopian Highlands", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no.177-182, August-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFF06031.pdf

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"Land Use/Land Cover Patterns and Their Driving Factors in The Hirmi Watershed and Its Surrounding Agro-Ecosystem, Ethiopian Highlands", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no. pp177-182, August-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFF06031.pdf

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Published Paper ID: JETIRFF06031
Registration ID: 317178
Published In: Volume 5 | Issue 8 | Year August-2018
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Page No: 177-182
Country: -, -, India .
Area: Engineering
ISSN Number: 2349-5162
Publisher: IJ Publication


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