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LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGE, DRIVERS AND ITS IMPACT: A COMPARATIVE STUDY FROM KUHAR MICHAEL AND LENCHE DIMA OF BLUE NILE AND AWASH BASINS OF ETHIOPIA A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Cornell University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Professional Studies By Hussien Ali Oumer August 2009 2009 Hussien Ali Oumer ABSTRACT Land use and land COVER change is driven by human actions and also drives changes that limit availability of products and services for human and livestock, and it can undermine environmental health as well. Therefore, this study was aimed at understanding land use and land COVER change in Lenche Dima and Kuhar Michael of Amhara region, Ethiopia. Time-series satellite images that included Landsat MSS, TM, ETM+ and ASTER, which covered the time frame between 1972/3 to 2005, were used.
Remote sensing analysis revealed landscape level change of cultivated land to have a net increase in Kuhar Michael, while a decline is found for Lenche Dima. However, socio-economic surveys showed that household level cultivated land has decreased from 1.2ha to 1ha and from 2.2ha to 1.8ha in
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