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Assessing the built-up footprint in an agricultural system using multi-temporal remotely sensed data

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  • Dlamini, Zibusiso
  • Adjorlolo, Clement
  • Odindi, John

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The advent of the new political dispensation in South Africa has seen an exponential growth in the rate of land transformation and encroachment by other land uses into valuable agro-ecological zones. Due to the socio-economic value of the often limited high-potential agricultural land in the country, a reliable determination of encroachment and transformation is necessary for effective monitoring and management of such agro-ecological resources. Using the robust support vector machine classification algorithm, this study adopted multi-temporal, remotely sensed datasets to assess the extent to which the physical development footprint in the uMngeni Local Municipality affected the existing agro-ecological zones from 1993 to 2003 and from 2003 to 2013. The results show a steady increase in built-up areas during the period under investigation. The study demonstrates the value of multi-temporal, remotely sensed datasets and techniques in mapping the vulnerability of existing agricultural land to urbanisation in the study area.

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  • Dlamini, Zibusiso & Adjorlolo, Clement & Odindi, John, 2015. "Assessing the built-up footprint in an agricultural system using multi-temporal remotely sensed data," African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, African Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 10(2), pages 1-14.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:afjare:208921
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.208921
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