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Abstract
Analysis of traditional urban land use change from remote sensing data;A case study of Ibadan city
Fabiyi Oluseyi .(PhD)
Lecturer
University of Ibadan,
Nigeria
Email: seyifabiyi@yahoo.com
The paper presents the analysis of land use change of Ibadan city from 1975 to 2003 using a combbination of Landsat, MSS, Landsat TM and Nigerian SAT 1. The analysis showed that there are large pheripheral growth coupled with a lot of low density area changing to medium and high density areas. It was also observed that river catchment areas and public parks are largely built upon. The paper computed the spatial growth at each data intervals and projected the land use change in Ibadan city to the year 2015 using marcov change analysis techniques.The paper present the policy implications of the results and the methodological contribution to knowledge.
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