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Land Use and Land Cover Change Detection Using Geospatial Technology; The Case of Ambo Woreda and its Surrounding
Habtamu Atoma, Anand Raju

Paper Summary

The researchers used satellite images to study changes in land use and cover in Ambo Woreda and its surroundings from 1995 to 2017. They found that settlement areas increased by 27.88% due to population growth, town expansion, and infrastructure development. The study used Image Classification and software like EDRAS imagine and ArcGIS to analyze the data.

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