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Petter Pilesjö

Petter Pilesjö

Professor

Petter Pilesjö

Intensity analysis applied to land use and land cover change and transitions in a fragile tropical mountain environment : a case of sironko catchment on Mt. Elgon, Eastern Uganda

Author

  • Justine Kilama Luwa
  • Jackson Gilbert Mwanjalolo Majaliwa
  • Yazihdi Bamutaze
  • Daniel Wasswa
  • Petter Pilesjö
  • Bagula Espoir

Summary, in English

Intensity Analysis (IA) of land use and land cover change (LULCC) is important to support policy and practice. We applied IA to analyse LULCC in Sironko catchment, Uganda. Results show that agricultural land, forest, and wetland reduced by 8%; 32%; and 20% between 1986-2000. Between 2000-2016, forest, wetland, and built-up areas increased by 84%, 5%, and 57%. Active gainers between 1986-2000 were bare land, built-up areas, grassland and woodland. Between 2000-2016, bare lands and woodlands were the active losers. Transition to agricultural land in both intervals suggests that subsistence agriculture is fuelling deforestation and wetland encroachment in the region.

Department/s

  • Centre for Geographical Information Systems (GIS Centre)
  • MECW: The Middle East in the Contemporary World
  • BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate

Publishing year

2024

Language

English

Publication/Series

African Geographical Review

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Topic

  • Physical Geography

Keywords

  • deforestation
  • encroachment
  • Intensity analysis
  • livelihoods
  • subsistence agriculture

Status

Epub

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1937-6812