LAND USE CHANGE EFFECTS ON ABA URBAN SPATIAL EXPANSION PATTERN
2 Ministry of Physical, Urban Planning and Infrastructural Development, Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria
3 Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Abia State University, Uturu, Nigeria
* Corresponding author: ikurekongeedet@jocrebe-uu.com
Abstract
Purpose: Land uses and Land cover, over time, have undergone changes due to various urban developmental activities, occasioned by socio-economic growth of an area. This paper attempted to examine land use and land cover change effects in Aba Urban.
Design/methodology/approach: To accomplish this Aba urban land use and land cover spatial change variables were obtained from satellite imageries of 2001 and 2010 epochs. The Area Analysis Technique was employed in calculating the area in hectare and percentages, while overlay method was used to identify the actual location, rate and pattern of change. Equally, paired Samples T-Test and Eta squared techniques were used to estimate the magnitude of effect as it is relatively independent of sample size.
Findings: The study among other things discovered that increase in land cover was occasioned by population growth, and increased need of land for various uses.
Originality/value: Hence, it is therefore recommended that the government of the state should initiate, prepare and implement master plan for the urban area to check the rate and pattern of the land use and land cover change.
Keywords
Edet, I. E., Ananaba, L. A., & Umunakwe, H. C. (2017). LAND USE CHANGE EFFECTS ON ABA URBAN SPATIAL EXPANSION PATTERN. Journal of Contemporary Research in the Built Environment, 1(2), 67-80. https://doi.org/10.68128/jocrebe.2017.kbsi8ci7
I. E. Edet, L. A. Ananaba, and H. C. Umunakwe, "LAND USE CHANGE EFFECTS ON ABA URBAN SPATIAL EXPANSION PATTERN," Journal of Contemporary Research in the Built Environment, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 67-80, September 2017. doi: 10.68128/jocrebe.2017.kbsi8ci7
