Number of Land Cover Changes in Kenya between 2001 and 2011 (doi:10.60507/FK2/GDQJ3Q)

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Citation

Title:

Number of Land Cover Changes in Kenya between 2001 and 2011

Identification Number:

doi:10.60507/FK2/GDQJ3Q

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bonndata

Date of Distribution:

2023-09-18

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1

Bibliographic Citation:

Valerie Graw, 2023, "Number of Land Cover Changes in Kenya between 2001 and 2011", https://doi.org/10.60507/FK2/GDQJ3Q, bonndata, V1

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Number of Land Cover Changes in Kenya between 2001 and 2011

Identification Number:

doi:10.60507/FK2/GDQJ3Q

Identification Number:

5ea78367-968c-499c-9cf0-658529272bf9

Authoring Entity:

Valerie Graw (Center for Development Research, Department Economy and Technological Change (ZEF B), University of Bonn)

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bonndata

Access Authority:

Valerie Graw

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.60507/FK2/GDQJ3Q

Study Scope

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Topic Classification:

poverty, marginal land, agricultural land, land carrying capacity, land development, land use

Abstract:

MODIS provides the Land Cover Type Product MCD12Q1 (Friedl et al., 2002) with 500m grid resolution which represents the same pixel size also used for the MODIS NDVI time-series analysis. Annually data provision and a matching pixel size with the MODIS NDVI data used earlier in this study were key elements for choosing this dataset. The Map shows the number of LULC changes as calculated based on the methods described in chapter II.3.3. Stable areas – where land cover changes are zero – can be identified in southern Kenya, Kajiado County in particular, but also in western Kenya north of Lake Victoria, around Lake Turkana, and in the northeastern part of Kenya bordering Ethiopia. Around 33.16% of the total land area experience zero changes from 2001-2011 while 16.11% changed once and 22.92% show two changes. Three (13.98%), four (9.53%) and five (3.42%) changes can still be observed in Map III.11 while areas experiencing more than five changes are occurring in less than 1% of the total land area. The different classes show the number of land cover changes within the observation period. Quality/Lineage: Data was reclassified and analysed in R. Extraction of each land cover change per year and analysis of how many changes occurred in the observation period. Visualization was done in ArcGIS. Purpose: Number of Land Cover Changes in Kenya between 2001 and 2011

Time Period:

2000-01-01-2011-12-31

Date of Collection:

2011-12-22-2011-12-22

Country:

Kenya

Geographic Bounding Box:

  • West Bounding Longitude: 32.38770141653445
  • East Bounding Longitude: 44.12109985240138
  • South Bounding Latitude: -5.441025343473188
  • North Bounding Latitude: 5.9220415810900295

Notes:

This dataset was first published on the institutional Repository "Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung: ZEF Data Portal" with ID={5ea78367-968c-499c-9cf0-658529272bf9}.<br/> The number defines the number of land cover changes that occurred between 2001 and 2011.

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