Landuse/Cover Change Trend in Soroti District Eastern Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorEgeru, A
dc.contributor.authorMajaliwa, M.G. J.
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-16T11:16:54Z
dc.date.available2022-10-16T11:16:54Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractThis study assessed the extent and trend of landuse/cover change in Soroti District, Uganda. A series of systematically corrected Orthorectified Landsat imageries of 1973, 1986 and 2001 were downloaded from the Landsat website. The images were analysed using unsupervised classification approach and the land-use/cover were validated and/or reconstructed by ground truthing, use of secondary data, and key informants. The study establishes that; small-scale farming was the major landuse type (24.2%) and grasslands were the dominant landcover unit (26.1%) in 1973. Small-scale farming however declined by 5.3% in 1986 due to prevailing insurgence at the time while grasslands gained by 2.9%. In 2001, small-scale farming had increased by 13.6% at the expense of woodlands (-2.3%), Bushlands(-5.5%), Forest stock (-2.2%) and wetlands (-0.44) that experienced declines. This drastic gain in small-scale farming is likely to treat negative environmental effects such as intensity of floods and droughts, soil nutrient and biodiversity loss due habitat conversion.en_US
dc.identifier.citationEgeru, A., & Majaliwa, M. C. J. (2009). Landuse/cover change trend in Soroti District Eastern Uganda. Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 13(4).en_US
dc.identifier.issn1119-8362
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/4928
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Managementen_US
dc.subjectLanduseen_US
dc.subjectCover Change Trenden_US
dc.subjectSoroti District Eastern Ugandaen_US
dc.titleLanduse/Cover Change Trend in Soroti District Eastern Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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