The detection of changes in land use and land cover of Al-Kut City using Geographic Information System (GIS)

Tayeb Fatima Asaad, . and Jebur Ahmed Kareem, . and Rashid Husham H., . The detection of changes in land use and land cover of Al-Kut City using Geographic Information System (GIS). pp. 747-760. ISSN 2231-8526

Models of digital elevation (DEMs) which provide elevation information for the ground surface of the catchment are core components of computer-based analyzes for drainage basins. Many production methods are available including contour interpolation DGPS (Differential Global Positioning System) interpolation and digital photogrammetry techniques. However data on the precision and often contradictory nature of these three techniques are sparse. This study aims at identifying some of the contributing factors and comparing the accuracy of various approaches quantitatively. Changes in land coverage break ecosystem cycles which may directly affect land ability to sustain human activity resulting in long-term trends of decline and inter-annual variability. It can be monitored at a spatial level of detail to enable the study of human-induced changes. Remote sensing techniques (RS) and geographical information system (GIS) methods have been used to extract the spatial and temporal changes of urban land use in the city of Al-Kut. The land sat satellite images taken in periods encompassing 1997 2007 and 2017 are used. As a result the city has lost a large part of its urban specificity and gained randomness and disorder in most of its residential neighborhoods which was especially exacerbated after the change in the governing system in 2003. The results show an increase of 314 and 219 in industrial and residential areas respectively whereas agricultural land and open spaces have decreased by 66 and 32. The data analysis reveals a diagnostic relationship between land-use conversion and socio-economic drivers. This research sheds light on the total area changes of the Al-Kut city before and after 2003. It highlights the significant destruction of the city life which was established over almost three centuries.

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Abstract

Models of digital elevation (DEMs) which provide elevation information for the ground surface of the catchment are core components of computer-based analyzes for drainage basins. Many production methods are available including contour interpolation DGPS (Differential Global Positioning System) interpolation and digital photogrammetry techniques. However data on the precision and often contradictory nature of these three techniques are sparse. This study aims at identifying some of the contributing factors and comparing the accuracy of various approaches quantitatively. Changes in land coverage break ecosystem cycles which may directly affect land ability to sustain human activity resulting in long-term trends of decline and inter-annual variability. It can be monitored at a spatial level of detail to enable the study of human-induced changes. Remote sensing techniques (RS) and geographical information system (GIS) methods have been used to extract the spatial and temporal changes of urban land use in the city of Al-Kut. The land sat satellite images taken in periods encompassing 1997 2007 and 2017 are used. As a result the city has lost a large part of its urban specificity and gained randomness and disorder in most of its residential neighborhoods which was especially exacerbated after the change in the governing system in 2003. The results show an increase of 314 and 219 in industrial and residential areas respectively whereas agricultural land and open spaces have decreased by 66 and 32. The data analysis reveals a diagnostic relationship between land-use conversion and socio-economic drivers. This research sheds light on the total area changes of the Al-Kut city before and after 2003. It highlights the significant destruction of the city life which was established over almost three centuries.

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Item Type:	Article
AGROVOC Term:	Geographic information systems
AGROVOC Term:	Remote sensing
AGROVOC Term:	Land use
AGROVOC Term:	Land cover
AGROVOC Term:	Land cover change
AGROVOC Term:	Urban areas
AGROVOC Term:	Satellite imagery
AGROVOC Term:	Spatial information
AGROVOC Term:	Ecosystem diversity
AGROVOC Term:	chemical
Depositing User:	Mr. AFANDI ABDUL MALEK
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 00:55
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10283

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