Assessing Urban Land Use Change in New Braunfels, Texas from 2013 to 2020
Assessing Urban Land Use Change in New Braunfels, Texas from 2013 to 2020作者机构：Department of Geography Texas State University San Marcos Texas USA Department of Food Nutrition and Packaging Science Clemson University Clemson South Carolina USA Africa Regional Centre for Information Science University of Ibadan Oyo State Nigeria
出 版 物：《Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection》 (地球科学和环境保护期刊（英文）)
年 卷 期：2020年第8卷第12期
页 面：232-243页
学科分类：0202[经济学-应用经济学] 02[经济学] 020205[经济学-产业经济学]
主 题：Change Detection NDVI Landsat Land Cover Land Use Change Urban Environment
摘 要：Urban cities are the major drivers of economic growth and development. Economic growth and development however results in considerable land cover land use dynamics. This study assessed the dynamics in land cover land use that have occurred in New Braunfels, Texas in the last 7 years (2013-2020) to observe areas in the city that had experienced considerable shifts in land cover and land use. 30-meter resolution Landsat images were used to examine possible changes in land cover land use. New Braunfels was observed to have experienced significant changes in land use especially in developed areas. This change can be attributed to the influx of people into the city, contributing to the need for increased urban development. Analysis of this study shows that about 16% (about 553 hectares) of forest land cover class and 28% (about 1139 hectares) of grassland class in time 1 (August 31, 2013) changed to built-up land use class in time 2 (November 5, 2020). A limitation to this study was that of the spatial resolution of images used. Higher spatial resolution images could impact the producers, users, and overall accuracy assessment. Results from this study can aid in supporting better decision-making for sustainable urban development and climate change mitigation.
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