scholarly journals Analysis of Successive Land-Use Changes in Old Residential Area of “Festival of Art & Culture (FESTAC) Town” Lagos, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-57
Author(s):  
Yusuf Alapata Ahmed ◽  
O. Bashirat Olantinwo
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Town Planning ◽  
Neighborhood Characteristics ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Current Pattern ◽  
Art And Culture ◽  
Conventional Mapping ◽  
Mapping Techniques ◽  
The Town

In recent times, land use for commercial, residential, and transportation purposes among others is dislodging former units and bare sites as a result of structural alteration, mostly in the urban centers of Nigeria. The changes are due to various guises and structural shift, outright demolition and redevelopment and their impact is consequential. This paper assesses the current pattern which residential zones have assumed within the old Festival of Art and Culture (FESTAC) Town in Lagos, Nigeria. The methods used in the study included the delineation of the study area into six avenues which the researcher(s) adopted for the purpose of even coverage, as well as the use of structural questionnaires, base map and GPS in sourcing for necessary data on the field. Additionally, the data collected were assembled, coded and analyzed using simple descriptive statistics and conventional mapping techniques. The findings revealed the factors responsible for the alteration of land use to enhance financial gains, such as changing neighborhood characteristics and the evasion of permission from the town planning authorities. The findings also provided evidence that many structures still remain vulnerable to conversion, alteration, and/or demolition. The paper recommends that adequate permission should be granted by the legal authority before the conversion and rebuilding of any structure into a new land use.

scholarly journals Land-Use Dynamics in Transport-Impacted Urban Fabric: A Case Study of Martin–Vrútky, Slovakia

Land ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 273
Author(s):  
Jana Nozdrovická ◽  
Ivo Dostál ◽  
František Petrovič ◽  
Imrich Jakab ◽  
Marek Havlíček ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Landscape Changes ◽  
The Past ◽  
The City ◽  
The Town ◽  
Past Conditions

The paper evaluates landscape development, land-use changes, and transport infrastructure variations in the city of Martin and the town of Vrútky, Slovakia, over the past 70 years. It focuses on analyses of the landscape structures characterizing the study area in several time periods (1949, 1970, 1993, 2003); the past conditions are then compared with the relevant current structure (2018). Special attention is paid to the evolution of the landscape elements forming the transport infrastructure. The development and progressive changes in traffic intensities are presented in view of the resulting impact on the formation of the landscape structure. The research data confirm the importance of transport as a force determining landscape changes, and they indicate that while railroad accessibility embodied a crucial factor up to the 1970s, the more recent decades were characterized by a gradual shift to road transport.

The Land Use Tendencies outside the Zones regulated in the Town Planning Area. Case Study at TAKAMORI-machi, NAGANO prefecture.

2002 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 79-84
Author(s):  
Nobuyoshi FUJIMOTO ◽  
Nobuo MITSUHASHI ◽  
Reiko KUROIWA ◽  
Hiroyuki HONJOH
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Town Planning ◽  
Nagano Prefecture ◽  
The Town

scholarly journals Human amplified changes in precipitation–runoff patterns in large river basins of the Midwestern United States

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (10) ◽  
pp. 5065-5088 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara A. Kelly ◽  
Zeinab Takbiri ◽  
Patrick Belmont ◽  
Efi Foufoula-Georgiou
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Water Resource Management ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
River Basins ◽  
Large River ◽  
Agricultural Drainage ◽  
Prairie Wetlands ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Scales ◽  
Crop Agriculture

Abstract. Complete transformations of land cover from prairie, wetlands, and hardwood forests to row crop agriculture and urban centers are thought to have caused profound changes in hydrology in the Upper Midwestern US since the 1800s. In this study, we investigate four large (23 000–69 000 km2) Midwest river basins that span climate and land use gradients to understand how climate and agricultural drainage have influenced basin hydrology over the last 79 years. We use daily, monthly, and annual flow metrics to document streamflow changes and discuss those changes in the context of precipitation and land use changes. Since 1935, flow, precipitation, artificial drainage extent, and corn and soybean acreage have increased across the region. In extensively drained basins, we observe 2 to 4 fold increases in low flows and 1.5 to 3 fold increases in high and extreme flows. Using a water budget, we determined that the storage term has decreased in intensively drained and cultivated basins by 30–200 % since 1975, but increased by roughly 30 % in the less agricultural basin. Storage has generally decreased during spring and summer months and increased during fall and winter months in all watersheds. Thus, the loss of storage and enhanced hydrologic connectivity and efficiency imparted by artificial agricultural drainage appear to have amplified the streamflow response to precipitation increases in the Midwest. Future increases in precipitation are likely to further intensify drainage practices and increase streamflows. Increased streamflow has implications for flood risk, channel adjustment, and sediment and nutrient transport and presents unique challenges for agriculture and water resource management in the Midwest. Better documentation of existing and future drain tile and ditch installation is needed to further understand the role of climate versus drainage across multiple spatial and temporal scales.

scholarly journals Human amplified changes in precipitation-runoff patterns in large river basins of the Midwestern United States

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara A. Kelly ◽  
Zeinab Takbiri ◽  
Patrick Belmont ◽  
Efi Foufoula-Georgiou
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Water Resource Management ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
River Basins ◽  
Large River ◽  
Agricultural Drainage ◽  
Prairie Wetlands ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Scales ◽  
Crop Agriculture

Abstract. Complete transformations of land cover from prairie, wetlands, and hardwood forests to row crop agriculture and urban centers are thought to have caused profound changes in hydrology in the Upper Midwestern US since the 1800s. In this study, we investigate four large (23,000–69,000 km2) Midwest river basins that span climate and land use gradients to understand how climate and agricultural drainage have influenced basin hydrology over the last 79 years. We use daily, monthly, and annual flow metrics to document streamflow changes and discuss those changes in the context of precipitation and land use changes. Since 1935, flow, precipitation, artificial drainage extent, and corn and soybean acreage have increased across the region. In extensively drained basins, we observe 2 to 4 fold increases in low flows and 1.5 to 3 fold increases in high and extreme flows. Using a water budget, we determined that the storage term has decreased in intensively drained and cultivated basins by 30 %–200 % since 1975, but increased by roughly 30 % in the less agricultural basin. Storage has generally decreased during spring and summer months and increased during fall and winter months in all watersheds. Thus, the loss of storage and enhanced hydrologic connectivity and efficiency imparted by artificial agricultural drainage appear to have amplified the streamflow response to precipitation increases in the Midwest. Future increases in precipitation are likely to further intensify drainage practices and increase streamflows. Increased streamflow has implications for flood risk, channel adjustment, and sediment and nutrient transport and presents unique challenges for agriculture and water resource management in the Midwest. Better documentation of existing and future drain tile and ditch installation is needed to further understand the role of climate versus drainage across multiple spatial and temporal scales.

scholarly journals Classification of Land Use Changes (Model Area: Nitra Town)

2015 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivana Haladová ◽  
František Petrovič
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
The Other ◽  
New Classification ◽  
The Past ◽  
Industrial Parks ◽  
The Town

Abstract This paper deals with the new classification of land use changes. We chose Nitra town in Slovakia as a model area. We examined changes of land use for the period 2003-2013. The main result of this work is a table for types of land use changes and a map that shows the location of these changes in Nitra town. Nitra is constantly expanding its area and it is also significantly changing within its borders. Agriculturally used surroundings of the town are being transformed into build-up areas and industrial parks. This transformation causes a loss of agricultural land and vegetation, in general. Agriculture in this region has been gradually declining and disappearing in the past years. On the other side, urbanisation, technicisation and industrialisation are highly supported

scholarly journals Pattern of Gully Characteristics under Different Land use Practices in Gboko Town, Benue State, Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 150-161
Author(s):  
S A Iorkua ◽  
J A Aper ◽  
I Ayoosu
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Slope Angle ◽  
Urban Land Use ◽  
Building Construction ◽  
Systematic Sampling ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Land Use Scenario ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Landscape Morphology ◽  
The Town

As an outcome of landuse, soil erosion over the years has been a major problem in many parts of Nigeria especially in the urban centers including Gboko town where a lot of buildings generate runoff from roofs that alter the landscape morphology of the this hilly town. This study assesses gully morphometry in Gboko town with the aim to determine gully characteristics, compare the gully characteristics in the built up and un-built areas of Gboko town. Data was collected from the two major land use scenario areas through measurement and observations using stratified, purposive, and systematic sampling techniques. The data was analyzed using both the descriptive and inferential statistics including mean, standard deviation and tests of variability, correlation and student t-test. The results of the study indicate that the gullies in the built up areas of Gboko north, south, west and east were deeper (0.6m, 0.8m, 0.5m and 0.5m) and wider (3.1m, 4.6m, 3.4m and 3.4m) compared to the un-built areas of the town respectively. The result indicated that a significant difference exist in the gully elements between built-up and un-built areas except in the slope angle which is but similar between gullies in Gbokowest area. The study therefore recommends that further monitoring of actual gully erosion should be done under different building environments in the tow to achieve balance between urbanization, building construction, runoff and gully development to achieve sustainable urban land use and drainage control in the study area.

scholarly journals A GIS BASED EVALUATION OF LAND USE CHANGES AND ECOLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY INDEX

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Poppy Indrayani ◽  
Yasuhiro Mitani ◽  
Ibrahim Djamaluddin ◽  
Hiro Ikemi
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Connectivity Index ◽  
Gis Analysis ◽  
Predictive Capability ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Ecological Connectivity ◽  
Effective Performance ◽  
Landscape Ecological

Recently, the Makassar region is a significant land use planning and management issue, and has many impacts on the ecological function and structure landscape. With the development and infrastructure initiatives mostly around the urban centers, the urbanization and sprawl would impact the environment and the natural resources. Therefore, environmental management and careful strategic spatial planning in landscape ecological network is crucial when aiming for sustainable development. In this paper, the impacts of land use changes from 1997 to 2012 on the landscape ecological connectivity in the Makassar region were evaluated using Geographic Information System (GIS). The resulted GIS analysis clearly showed that land use changes occurring in the Makassar region have caused profound changes in landscape pattern. The spatial model had a predictive capability allowing the quantitative assessment and comparison of the impacts resulting from different land use on the ecological connectivity index. The results had an effective performance in identifying the vital ecological areas and connectivity prior to development plan in areas.

Public Land Acquisition and Land Use Change Problems in Ogun State

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (8) ◽  
pp. 34-41
Author(s):  
Bello Ismail K ◽  
Sodiya Abiodun K ◽  
Solanke Peter A
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Global Environmental Change ◽  
Livestock Grazing ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Ogun State ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Determining Factors ◽  
Human Use ◽  
Policies And Programs

Human use of land has altered the structure and functioning of ecosystem. The most spatially and economically important human uses of land globally include cultivation in various forms; livestock grazing, settlement and construction, reserves and protected lands and timber extraction. The patterns of land use give us insight into the factors that have caused the land cover to change. A better understanding of the determining factors of land use changes is of crucial importance to the study of global environmental change. This paper theoretically strive to evaluate the contributions of government policies and programmes in transforming the various land uses in the urban centers of Ogun state with a view to provide better understanding among the stakeholders in real estate investment. The paper recommended that although landuse changes is an inevitable consequences in the developing nations, there is the need to consider the positive and negative aspect of the policies in order not to jeopardize the available environmental resources for sustainable development. The paper concluded by emphasized the need for government to carry the citizen along in the various policies and programs for even development.

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