Land Change Dynamics : Insights from Intensity Analysis Applied to an African Emerging City
Land change in Kigali, Rwanda, is examined using Intensity Analysis, which measures the temporal stationarity of changes among categories. Maps for 1981, 2002 and 2014 were produced that show the land categories Built, Vegetated and Other, which is composed mainly of croplands and bare surfaces. Lan...
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okr-10986-266392021-05-25T10:54:36Z Land Change Dynamics : Insights from Intensity Analysis Applied to an African Emerging City Akinyemi, Felicia O. Pontius, Robert Gilmore Jr. Braimoh, Ademola K. LAND CHANGE INTENSITY ANALYSIS TRANSITION STATIONARY URBANIZATION LAND USE Land change in Kigali, Rwanda, is examined using Intensity Analysis, which measures the temporal stationarity of changes among categories. Maps for 1981, 2002 and 2014 were produced that show the land categories Built, Vegetated and Other, which is composed mainly of croplands and bare surfaces. Land change accelerated from the first time interval (1981–2002) to the second time interval (2002–2014), as increased human and economic activities drove land transformation. During the first interval, Vegetated showed net loss whereas Built showed net gain, in spite of a small transition directly from Vegetated to Built. During the second interval, Vegetated showed net gain whereas Built showed nearly equal amounts of gross loss and gross gain. The gain of Built targeted Other during both time intervals. A substantial portion of overall change during both time intervals consisted of simultaneous transitions from Vegetated to Other in some locations and from Other to Vegetated in other locations. 2017-05-16T16:43:52Z 2017-05-16T16:43:52Z 2017 Journal Article Journal of Spatial Science 1449-8596 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26639 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Africa Rwanda |
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LAND CHANGE INTENSITY ANALYSIS TRANSITION STATIONARY URBANIZATION LAND USE Akinyemi, Felicia O. Pontius, Robert Gilmore Jr. Braimoh, Ademola K. Land Change Dynamics : Insights from Intensity Analysis Applied to an African Emerging City |
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Land change in Kigali, Rwanda, is examined using Intensity Analysis, which measures the temporal stationarity of changes among categories. Maps for 1981, 2002 and 2014 were produced that show the land categories Built, Vegetated and Other, which is composed mainly of croplands and bare surfaces. Land change accelerated from the first time interval (1981–2002) to the second time interval (2002–2014), as increased human and economic activities drove land transformation. During the first interval, Vegetated showed net loss whereas Built showed net gain, in spite of a small transition directly from Vegetated to Built. During the second interval, Vegetated showed net gain whereas Built showed nearly equal amounts of gross loss and gross gain. The gain of Built targeted Other during both time intervals. A substantial portion of overall change during both time intervals consisted of simultaneous transitions from Vegetated to Other in some locations and from Other to Vegetated in other locations. |
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Journal Article |
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Akinyemi, Felicia O. Pontius, Robert Gilmore Jr. Braimoh, Ademola K. |
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Akinyemi, Felicia O. Pontius, Robert Gilmore Jr. Braimoh, Ademola K. |
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Akinyemi, Felicia O. |
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Land Change Dynamics : Insights from Intensity Analysis Applied to an African Emerging City |
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Land Change Dynamics : Insights from Intensity Analysis Applied to an African Emerging City |
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Land Change Dynamics : Insights from Intensity Analysis Applied to an African Emerging City |
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Land Change Dynamics : Insights from Intensity Analysis Applied to an African Emerging City |
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Land Change Dynamics : Insights from Intensity Analysis Applied to an African Emerging City |
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land change dynamics : insights from intensity analysis applied to an african emerging city |
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