Assesslllent of Forest Cover Dynanlics Using GIS and Remote Sensing in AdabaDodola, Bale Mountains

Tsegaye, Sewinet   Belay

dc.contributor.author	Tsegaye, Sewinet Belay
dc.date.accessioned	2017-08-02T03:51:55Z
dc.date.available	2017-08-02T03:51:55Z
dc.date.issued	2017-08-02
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7543
dc.description	A Paper Presented In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Master of Science in Geoinformation (GIS)	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The dynamics of the forest cover in Bale Mountains was still poorly understood. The thesis use GIS and Remote sensing techn.ology to examine the forest cover in the . "- study area.. This study examined land cover dynamics of the Adaba Dodola in three sub periods; 1973 J986, 19'86 - 2000, and 2000 - 2006 and finally the period between 1973 and 2006. Super~ed classification of satellite imagery through maximum likelihood classifier was used ~o discriminate the four dominate land cover classes in the study area. Land cover change was varying during these sub-periods. In the past thirty three years .. there was a general decline of forest cover. The study also shows an increase in the area I ooverage of agricultural field. In the study area deforestation was severe along river valleys, near to settlement and roads. In this areas, agricultural field increases at the expense of forest cover. In • addition rate of forest cover change varies among sub-regions, which is the highest .. during 2000 - 2006 and the lowest in the period 1986 - 2000. As examined from images deforestation was severe in lower slopes. In slopes lower than t 5 degree agricultural field increases at the expense of grass and forest land cover. At the end recommendations are made. These recommendations are the implementation of ecologically and econorri1cally valuable land uses such as agro ecology and ecotourism.	en_US
dc.subject	Geo-Information (GIS)	en_US
dc.title	Assesslllent of Forest Cover Dynanlics Using GIS and Remote Sensing in AdabaDodola, Bale Mountains	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US