An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

Study of land cover change in al-Karak governorate during the period 2017-1986, using GIS, RS

Article info

2019-09-10
2020-02-02
77 - 104

Keywords

  • Heterogeneous Plant Variation Index
  • Transformation Matrix
  • Vector Classification
  • Land Cover and Land Use
  • Karak Governorate and Jordan

Abstract

This study aims to develop a classification of land cover patterns in Karak governorate through supervised classification process for space coverings of land cover and land use during 1986 and 2017, using geographic information systems and remote sensing. To detect the change of land cover and land use and indicate the factors affecting it.The study found the classification of land cover and land use into six main types: (built up land), and barren land (Barren land), and agricultural land (farm land), land Pastoral land, land and forestry, land and water bodies, and salts land of water bodies. The percentage of change in the built-up lands was about 135.35%, the barren land reached 20.11%, the agricultural lands -20.37% and the pastoral lands - 34.11%. The rate of change in forest and forest land was -42.2% and in water and salt land -8.18% during the period 1986-2017. The results showed that there is a decline in all types of land cover Land use excluding built-up and barren land could lead to degradation of vegetation.The study recommended encouraging investment in Karak, especially in the agricultural sector, and the tourism sector in particular Ecotourism such as Wadi Mujib and Wadi Ibn Hammad, reducing urbanization at the expense of agricultural land.

Recommended Citation

AL-shgoor, N., & Zraqet, D. (2022). Study of land cover change in al-Karak governorate during the period 2017-1986, using GIS, RS. An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities), 36(1), 77–104. https://doi.org/10.35552/0247-036-001-003
[1]N. AL-shgoor and D. Zraqet, “Study of land cover change in al-Karak governorate during the period 2017-1986, using GIS, RS,” An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities), vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 77–104, Jan. 2022, doi: 10.35552/0247-036-001-003.
AL-shgoor, Noor, and Dalal Zraqet. “Study of Land Cover Change in Al-Karak Governorate during the Period 2017-1986, Using GIS, RS.” An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities), vol. 36, no. 1, Jan. 2022, pp. 77–104. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.35552/0247-036-001-003.
1.AL-shgoor N, Zraqet D. Study of land cover change in al-Karak governorate during the period 2017-1986, using GIS, RS. An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities) [Internet]. 2022 Jan;36(1):77–104. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.35552/0247-036-001-003
AL-shgoor, Noor, and Dalal Zraqet. “Study of Land Cover Change in Al-Karak Governorate during the Period 2017-1986, Using GIS, RS.” An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities) 36, no. 1 (January 2022): 77–104. https://doi.org/10.35552/0247-036-001-003.

دراسة التغير في مساحة الغطاء الارضي واستعمالات الاراضي في محافظة الكرك خلال الفترة 1986 -2017 باستخدام نظم المعلومات الجغرافية والاستشعار عن بعد

معلومات المقال

2019-09-10
2020-02-02
77 - 104

الكلمات الإفتتاحية

  • Heterogeneous Plant Variation Index
  • Transformation Matrix
  • Vector Classification
  • Land Cover and Land Use
  • Karak Governorate and Jordan

الملخص

هدفت هذهِ الدراسةُ الى وضع تصنيف لأنماط الغطاء الأرضي في محافظة الكرك عن طريق القيام بعملية التصنيف المراقب (Supervised classification) للمرئيات الفضائية للغطاء الأرضي واستعمالات الأراضي خلال الفترة 1986و2017، باستخدام نظم المعلومات الجغرافية والاستشعار عن بعد، ثم الكشفِ عن التَغيُّر الغطاءِ الارضي واستعمالاتِ الاراضي وبيان العوامل المؤثرة فيها. توصلت الدراسةُ الى تصنيفِ الغطاء الارضي واستعمالات الاراضي إلى ستة انواع رئيسية: (الأراضي المبنيّة (Built up land)، والأراضي الجرداء (Barren land)، والأراضي الزراعيّة (Farm land)، الأراضي الرعوية (Pastoral land)، وأراضي الغابات والأحراج (Land and forestry)، وأراضي المسطحات المائية والملاحات (and salts Land of water bodies)، كما تبين ان هنالك تغيرا في الغطاء الأرضي واستعمالات الاراضي، حيث بلغت نسبة التغير في الأراضي المبنيةِ حوالي 135,35%، وبلغت للأراضي الجرداء 20,11%، وفي الأراضي الزراعيّة -20,37% وفي الاراضي الرعوية – 34.11 %، وبلغت نسبة التغيّر في أراضي الغابات والأحراج -42,2% وفي أراضي المسطحات المائية والملاحات -8.18%، خلال فترة 1986-2017. وواضحت النتائج ان هنالك تراجعا في كافة انواع الغطاء الأرضي واستعمالات الأراضي باستثناء الاراضي المبنية والاراضي الجرداء مما قد يؤدي الى تدهور الغطاء النباتي. واوصت الدراسة بتشجيع الاستثمار في محافظة الكرك خاصة في القطاع الزراعي، والقطاع السياحي خاصة السياحة البيئية مثل منطقة وادي الموجب ووادي ابن حماد، والحد من التوسع العمراني على حساب الأراضي الزراعية.

Recommended Citation

AL-shgoor, N., & Zraqet, D. (2022). Study of land cover change in al-Karak governorate during the period 2017-1986, using GIS, RS. An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities), 36(1), 77–104. https://doi.org/10.35552/0247-036-001-003
[1]N. AL-shgoor and D. Zraqet, “Study of land cover change in al-Karak governorate during the period 2017-1986, using GIS, RS,” An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities), vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 77–104, Jan. 2022, doi: 10.35552/0247-036-001-003.
AL-shgoor, Noor, and Dalal Zraqet. “Study of Land Cover Change in Al-Karak Governorate during the Period 2017-1986, Using GIS, RS.” An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities), vol. 36, no. 1, Jan. 2022, pp. 77–104. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.35552/0247-036-001-003.
1.AL-shgoor N, Zraqet D. Study of land cover change in al-Karak governorate during the period 2017-1986, using GIS, RS. An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities) [Internet]. 2022 Jan;36(1):77–104. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.35552/0247-036-001-003
AL-shgoor, Noor, and Dalal Zraqet. “Study of Land Cover Change in Al-Karak Governorate during the Period 2017-1986, Using GIS, RS.” An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities) 36, no. 1 (January 2022): 77–104. https://doi.org/10.35552/0247-036-001-003.

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