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The impacts of watershed management on land use and land cover dynamics in Eastern Tigray (Ethiopia)

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  • Alemayehu, Fikir
  • Taha, Nurhussen
  • Nyssen, Jan
  • Girma, Atkilt
  • Zenebe, Amanuel
  • Behailu, Mintesinot
  • Deckers, Seppe
  • Poesen, Jean

Abstract

Integrated watershed management (IWSM) was implemented to address issues of poverty and land resource degradation in the 14,500ha upper Agula watershed, in semi-arid Eastern Tigray (Ethiopia), an area known for poverty and resource degradation caused by natural and man-made calamities. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of IWSM and determine the land use and cover dynamics that it has induced. The change in land use and cover was assessed by integrating remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS). Two sets of aerial photographs (taken in 1965 and 1994 at scale of 1:50,000) and Landsat ETM+ image (taken in 2000 with 30m resolution) were used to produce the land use/land cover map and assess land use change.

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  • Alemayehu, Fikir & Taha, Nurhussen & Nyssen, Jan & Girma, Atkilt & Zenebe, Amanuel & Behailu, Mintesinot & Deckers, Seppe & Poesen, Jean, 2009. "The impacts of watershed management on land use and land cover dynamics in Eastern Tigray (Ethiopia)," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 53(4), pages 192-198.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:recore:v:53:y:2009:i:4:p:192-198
    DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2008.11.007
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    1. Hailu Mahammed Endrias & Ahmed Mohammed Assen & Naji Temesgen Argaw, 2022. "Spatio-temporal variation on land use and land cover and its drivers under watershed management activities in Becho, Central Highlands of Ethiopia," Environmental & Socio-economic Studies, Sciendo, vol. 10(4), pages 22-34, December.
    2. Hailay Hagos Entahabu & Amare Sewnet Minale & Emiru Birhane, 2023. "Modeling and Predicting Land Use/Land Cover Change Using the Land Change Modeler in the Suluh River Basin, Northern Highlands of Ethiopia," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(10), pages 1-15, May.

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