Journal of Remote Sensing & GIS

Department of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Ghana

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• Research Article   
  Geospatial Assessment of Land Use and Land Cover Patterns in the Black Volta Basin, Ghana
  Author(s): Amproche AA*, Antwi M and Kabo-Bah AT
  
  The Black Volta Basin in Ghana has experienced some losses in its productive lands due to mining. This study assessed the Land use/cover (LULC) changes within the Basin for a period of eighteen years, and mapped current and potential mining hotspots in the Basin. The study used multispectral Landsat images for the years 2000, 2015 and 2018. Supervised classification method and Spectral Angle Mapper were used to classify and map the LULC types. Feature-based extraction method was then used to delineate mining sites along the River in the Basin. Six (6) LULC types were classified. Findings from the study revealed that four of the classified LULC experienced some form of decline between the years 2000 and 2018, except Bareland and settlements which consistently increased within the period, with Barelands recording the highest increase of 21% between 2000 and 2015 and 18% between 2015 and.. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2469-4134.20.9.269

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