IXTEGER.\TION OF GEO-lNFOR,fATJOJ'\ SYSTEM  TXTO THE PT.ANNING AND 1:\fPJ,K\fF.~"T A TT01' OF URBAN  PART or BAillRDAR BLUE J'\lLK i\ULL.li·N_'l1U)1 PARK

Getachew, Tesfaye

dc.contributor.author	Getachew, Tesfaye
dc.date.accessioned	2018-01-31T08:52:04Z
dc.date.available	2018-01-31T08:52:04Z
dc.date.issued	2018-01-30
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/8669
dc.description.abstract	Parks and recreational areas 1!re positiv» ekmunus uj.thc urban space tha: can provid« multiple m1111m111il) values fol' local residents and tourists. Ir; order 10 .tltlfiil these eo»ununit;• values, wel! planed parts r.nd recreational areas are serionsly lacking. 10 curb flris problet», the presen; study "'·as inuiated t1'i.lh the main objectives to 1i1~s1:1·ih1~ the binphysical environment, she socio-economic conditious. indicate the approprtate J'lncc .... · n_J~ the infrastr..1cr1uai service: and ta t!eveloµ <-t spatia} database system for Iii<' newlv tsmhlished p11rk - the Buhr Dur Blue Nik Mil!e1111ium Park, i11 the ('it)' of Bahr Dar ;,, A11ti1ora Region. The major variables used in this study include land use land cover. !KJitk erosion h&-ard and socioeconomic conditions of the pt1rk. Daus tJj. spatial &.l!Cl<>r and raster as ».ell a.l the aurihute of· the major variables were collected from QuickBird, TKONOS and ETM+ satellite imagery und • ji"()!n semi-structured questioner. The <J/5 :,ofiwnrc .fU<:h as l:RDAS Imagine 9. J and ArcGlS 9.2 ~1'-ere used i11 the process e:f the anaiysis n.f.ihi: various datasets. A• a result, the de1c1ils of 1he land use 011.rf land cm·e.r 'Yi'"' 1!( th" park were identified. In this regard. th« park MIS fovnd lo be dominantly covered by water body, wetlands. grasslands am! i:ro1>lund.,~ Despite bank erosion is an tmportant variable ro set i1ifrostrui:tur£~· 11t riverside s, most of !.he riversides of the Blue Ni!« River. whil« it is in the park, is found to be Jess prone to fkink cros·icn. '!'his is because the f7rn'L: <!l the 8/ue Nile River after rite Lake Tana is regulate,-/ by the re.servoi1· jirnn th" .>•<rmmaliy into.rti.<lt£ng.17o(}(l'i and ntnaffs. The socioeconomic conditions o(J.ht~ inhabitants ofthe park l1't'1't' characterized usu! lite cQ1l}lic1ing interests of1iu! various community grou1Js are indicated from tile points of the ·Jiew· nf she sustainable manngement of the park. Based on she abal-'e mentioned biop/l}'Sica! and socio-economic charucterisiics. the appropriate places for the planned infrastructure« 11.l·.f.hr park such. as the restrooms, /m(f{c.<, regional cultural center, boating. chlldre« villeg« and indoor and outdoor gum<!.\" ond the university botanical garden weretdenufied accordingly. While doing all these, the prototype (US database wax <-siahlislwd and embedded wi1J1 a variety of datasets it1c/11ding raster and vector dasa. and some anciltarv data of the sodo economic conditions thus are es..1;en1i1.1/ for decision. making and planning development inrerventians. Thus. Liu.! study ha» indicated tlta.t GJS is t"l uJejlfl techntcal tool in intf~.~oliaJ~ socioeeonomic am! environmental data in the process of' mapping biophysim! ant! mfrastructurat :rlr··ice.l, acc,.o;s~·ing pl'.1-.ttnfng and tlecisiou processt.'!5', (l1UI .f(lcdlita.tz·n.s.; \'i$ual aitls I(> /XJTk IL't!r.<t und u1ur.~,·1x :ilRntl ;J:c ·.vbole .ru.l.iUr(:' (Jj the! parks.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.subject	GEOGRAPHY	en_US
dc.title	IXTEGER.\TION OF GEO-lNFOR,fATJOJ'\ SYSTEM TXTO THE PT.ANNING AND 1:\fPJ,K\fF.~"T A TT01' OF URBAN PART or BAillRDAR BLUE J'\lLK i\ULL.li·N_'l1U)1 PARK	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US