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Number of Land Cover Changes in Kenya between 2001 and 2011

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Persistent identifier
doi:10.60507/FK2/GDQJ3Q
Published version
1.0
Publication date
2023-09-18
License
CC BY-SA 4.0

Description

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

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economy

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Valerie Graw, 2023-09-18, Number of Land Cover Changes in Kenya between 2001 and 2011, doi:10.60507/FK2/GDQJ3Q, V1.0

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Id74
Dataset Typedataset
Internal Version Number7
Latest Version Publishing StateRELEASED
Deaccession LinkNot supplied
Release Time2023-09-18T10:33:08Z
Create Time2023-09-18T08:55:14Z
Citation Date2023-09-18
File Access RequestTrue

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Title title
Number of Land Cover Changes in Kenya between 2001 and 2011
Other Id otherId
  1. Other Id Agency
    ZEF Data Portal
    Other Id Value
    5ea78367-968c-499c-9cf0-658529272bf9
Author author
  1. Author Name
    Valerie Graw
    Author Affiliation
    Center for Development Research, Department Economy and Technological Change (ZEF B), University of Bonn
Dataset Contact datasetContact
  1. Dataset Contact Name
    Valerie Graw
    Dataset Contact Affiliation
    Center for Development Research, Department Economy and Technological Change (ZEF B), University of Bonn
    Dataset Contact Email
    valerie.graw@gmail.com
Ds Description dsDescription
  1. Ds Description Value
    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
Subject subject
  1. Other
Subject Refinement subjectRefinement
  1. Subject Refinement Value
    economy
Free Keyword freeKeyword
  1. Free Keyword Value
    economy
Topic Classification topicClassification
  1. Topic Class Value
    poverty
    Topic Class Vocab
    GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4
  2. Topic Class Value
    marginal land
    Topic Class Vocab
    GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4
  3. Topic Class Value
    agricultural land
    Topic Class Vocab
    GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4
  4. Topic Class Value
    land carrying capacity
    Topic Class Vocab
    GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4
  5. Topic Class Value
    land development
    Topic Class Vocab
    GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4
  6. Topic Class Value
    land use
    Topic Class Vocab
    GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4
Notes Text notesText
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.
Language language
  1. English
Time Period Covered timePeriodCovered
  1. Time Period Covered Start
    2000-01-01
    Time Period Covered End
    2011-12-31
Date Of Collection dateOfCollection
  1. Date Of Collection Start
    2011-12-22
    Date Of Collection End
    2011-12-22

Geospatial Metadata

Geographic Coverage geographicCoverage
  1. Country
    Kenya
Geographic Bounding Box geographicBoundingBox
  1. West Longitude
    32.38770141653445
    East Longitude
    44.12109985240138
    North Latitude
    5.9220415810900295
    South Latitude
    -5.441025343473188

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