Adverse Impact of Land Use Changes on Degrading Environment in Bertam River Catchment, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia

The present study investigates the changes in pattern of land usage within the Bertam River Catchment, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia to understand the potential impact of such changes on environment. Digitization, change detection and slope analysis techniques were applied to analyze the changing stat...

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Main Authors:	Islam, Mir Sujaul, Rasul, Md Golam, R. M., Yunus, Mazlin, Mokhtar, Arafat, Md Yasir
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	National Institute of Ecology, New Delhi 2018
Subjects:	QD Chemistry TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Online Access:	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/21230/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/21230/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/21230/1/Adverse%20Impact%20of%20Land%20Use%20Changes%20on%20Degrading%20Environment%20in%20Bertam-fkasa-2018-1.pdf

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spelling	ump-212302018-05-30T03:47:14Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/21230/ Adverse Impact of Land Use Changes on Degrading Environment in Bertam River Catchment, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia Islam, Mir Sujaul Rasul, Md Golam R. M., Yunus Mazlin, Mokhtar Arafat, Md Yasir QD Chemistry TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) The present study investigates the changes in pattern of land usage within the Bertam River Catchment, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia to understand the potential impact of such changes on environment. Digitization, change detection and slope analysis techniques were applied to analyze the changing status and trends of land usage over time (1984-2010) using GIS approach. Ten categories of landuse were identified and mapped. The analytical results revealed that substantial expansion of market gardening (16.37 km2) and urban area (4.15 km2) has taken place during the study period resulting in significant decrease in forest area (22.85 km2). A major modification of floriculture land type (8.04 km2) from market gardening was also observed in the study area. Land use changes were characterized by expansion of the land use types with higher development pressure (agricultural activities and urban) and reduction of some land use types with higher environmental value (forest and scrubland). All these changes were directly related to human impact and driven by socio-economic activities. The study revealed that the economic benefit from rapid landuse changes had ultimately resulted in potential impacts on environmental degradation in the area. Sustainable landuse planning and management is urgent to handle the equilibrium between environmental conservation with land use development and utilization. National Institute of Ecology, New Delhi 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/21230/1/Adverse%20Impact%20of%20Land%20Use%20Changes%20on%20Degrading%20Environment%20in%20Bertam-fkasa-2018-1.pdf Islam, Mir Sujaul and Rasul, Md Golam and R. M., Yunus and Mazlin, Mokhtar and Arafat, Md Yasir (2018) Adverse Impact of Land Use Changes on Degrading Environment in Bertam River Catchment, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia. International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 44 (2). pp. 155-163. ISSN 2320-5199 (Online) http://www.nieindia.org/Journal/index.php/ijees/article/view/1388
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spellingShingle	QD Chemistry TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Islam, Mir Sujaul Rasul, Md Golam R. M., Yunus Mazlin, Mokhtar Arafat, Md Yasir Adverse Impact of Land Use Changes on Degrading Environment in Bertam River Catchment, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
description	The present study investigates the changes in pattern of land usage within the Bertam River Catchment, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia to understand the potential impact of such changes on environment. Digitization, change detection and slope analysis techniques were applied to analyze the changing status and trends of land usage over time (1984-2010) using GIS approach. Ten categories of landuse were identified and mapped. The analytical results revealed that substantial expansion of market gardening (16.37 km2) and urban area (4.15 km2) has taken place during the study period resulting in significant decrease in forest area (22.85 km2). A major modification of floriculture land type (8.04 km2) from market gardening was also observed in the study area. Land use changes were characterized by expansion of the land use types with higher development pressure (agricultural activities and urban) and reduction of some land use types with higher environmental value (forest and scrubland). All these changes were directly related to human impact and driven by socio-economic activities. The study revealed that the economic benefit from rapid landuse changes had ultimately resulted in potential impacts on environmental degradation in the area. Sustainable landuse planning and management is urgent to handle the equilibrium between environmental conservation with land use development and utilization.
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author	Islam, Mir Sujaul Rasul, Md Golam R. M., Yunus Mazlin, Mokhtar Arafat, Md Yasir
author_facet	Islam, Mir Sujaul Rasul, Md Golam R. M., Yunus Mazlin, Mokhtar Arafat, Md Yasir
author_sort	Islam, Mir Sujaul
title	Adverse Impact of Land Use Changes on Degrading Environment in Bertam River Catchment, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
title_short	Adverse Impact of Land Use Changes on Degrading Environment in Bertam River Catchment, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
title_full	Adverse Impact of Land Use Changes on Degrading Environment in Bertam River Catchment, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Adverse Impact of Land Use Changes on Degrading Environment in Bertam River Catchment, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Adverse Impact of Land Use Changes on Degrading Environment in Bertam River Catchment, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
title_sort	adverse impact of land use changes on degrading environment in bertam river catchment, cameron highlands, malaysia
publisher	National Institute of Ecology, New Delhi
publishDate	2018
url	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/21230/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/21230/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/21230/1/Adverse%20Impact%20of%20Land%20Use%20Changes%20on%20Degrading%20Environment%20in%20Bertam-fkasa-2018-1.pdf
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Adverse Impact of Land Use Changes on Degrading Environment in Bertam River Catchment, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia

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