Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Land Use and Land Cover Change in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria
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2020-09
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Nigerian Journal of Geography and the Environment
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The study examines the spatial and temporal changes in land use and land cover in Ilorin,
Kwara State between the year 2000 and 2018. Landsat 7 was used to extract imageries of
land cover change between the specified years, Integrated Land and Water Information
System (ILWIS) 3.3 academia was used to analyse the imageries. While Likert scale was
employed in measuring the weight of responses of the respondents on their level of agreement
on factor that is responsible for land use change. The results obtained shows that between the
years under study, built-up land increase from 88.12km2 to 204.56 km2. Forest increased
from 150.77km2 to 200.87km2. There is decline in grassland from 543.86km2 to 287.70km2
and water body from 3.45km2 to 3.07km2. The underlying factor for the unprecedented
increase in the built up area is rapid population increase and urbanization (RAI 4.86). The
study recommends provision of master plan as a tool for guiding and monitoring
development. This will prevent illegal change of land use and further promote sustainable
environment.
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Abolade, O., Adigun, F. O, Olatide, D. D and Asiyanbi, A. O (2020). Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Land Use and Land Cover Change in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Geography and the Environment, 4(2), 208-219