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Land Use Change and Its Determinant Factors in Northern Laos: Spatial and Socio-economic Analysis

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  • Southavilay Boundeth
  • Teruaki Nanseki
  • Shigeyoshi Takeuchi
  • Tetsuo SATHO

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Changes in land use areoften associated with policy implementation and socio-economic factors. The objective of this study was to interpret the patterns of land use and changes in land cover with a watershed area, especially focusing on the detection of change of agricultural land. The socio-economic factors contributing to land change was also analyzed. This study adopted both spatial and socio-economic analysis with remote sensing and logistic regression model. Land use maps of the study area for the years 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2010 were interpreted from Landsat 5 TM and prepared with eight classes of land use/land cover types. This study revealed that the land use/land cover in the study area had dynamically changed with socio-economic factors in each period. Particularly, 70% of forest covers had significantly decreased in contrast to the increase of other land use types such as secondary forest/mixed or shrubland and agricultural land. The logistic regression model provided results of socio-economic factors that influenced land use changein each period.

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  • Southavilay Boundeth & Teruaki Nanseki & Shigeyoshi Takeuchi & Tetsuo SATHO, 2012. "Land Use Change and Its Determinant Factors in Northern Laos: Spatial and Socio-economic Analysis," Journal of Agricultural Science, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 4(12), pages 190-190, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:ibn:jasjnl:v:4:y:2012:i:12:p:190
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    • R00 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General - - - General
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