Land Cover Change Detection Using Landsat Data in Giao Thuy District, Nam Dinh Province, Vietnam

  • Nguyen Tuyet Lan Agro-ecology Department, Faculty of Environment, Vietnam National University of Agriculture (VNUA), Trau Quy town, Gia Lam district, Hanoi, Vietnam
  • Takahiro Osawa Center for Remote Sensing and Ocean Science (CReSOS), Udayana University, PB Sudirman Street, Post Graduate Building, Denpasar, Bali 80232, Indonesia
  • I Wayan Nuarsa Graduate School of Environmental Sciences, Udayana University, PB Sudirman Street, Post Graduate Building, Denpasar, Bali 80232, Indonesia
  • Ngo The An Agro-ecology Department, Faculty of Environment, Vietnam National University of Agriculture (VNUA), Trau Quy town, Gia Lam district, Hanoi, Vietnam

Abstract

Giao Thuy located a coastal area, which has fully the characteristed of microclimate Red River delta. This study was conducted to detect the land cover changes from 2000 to 2015 and the causes. The changes are evaluated using Landsat data by method of land use classification combined with interviews. The results showed that most portion of the land cover class was crops land and land cover change was crops land decreases, forest land rises, aquaculture ponds increase, surface water reduces and unuse flat land area increases. The causes were policy issuses, market, economic, salinity intrusion, climate change and deposits alluvial.

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Published
2017-02-19
How to Cite
LAN, Nguyen Tuyet et al. Land Cover Change Detection Using Landsat Data in Giao Thuy District, Nam Dinh Province, Vietnam. International Journal of Environment and Geosciences, [S.l.], v. 1, n. 1, feb. 2017. ISSN 2549-8878. Available at: <https://ojs.unud.ac.id/index.php/ijeg/article/view/28829>. Date accessed: 29 mar. 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.24843/ijeg.2017.v01.i01.p03.
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Keywords

land cover change; landsat data; the cause of driving force