Detecting wetland encroachment and urban agriculture land classification in Uganda using hyper-temporal remote sensing.

ABSTRACT: Background: Urbanization is an important indicator of economic growth and social change but is associated with environmental degradation, which threatens the sustainable growth of African cities. One of the most vulnerable ecosystems in urban areas are wetlands. In Uganda, wetlands cover an area of 11% of the country's land area. Half of the wetland areas in Ugandan cities have been converted to industrial and residential areas, and urban agriculture. There is limited information on the extent of wetland conversion or utilization for urban agriculture. The objective of this study was to investigate the extent of wetlands lost in two Ugandan cities, Wakiso and Kampala, in the last 30 years. Secondly, we extracted crop agriculture in the wetlands of Kampala and Wakiso from hyper-tempo

SUBMITTER: Kabiri S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10521074 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature