Project

Long-term assessment of land use and cover changes, land degradation and resilience in Tigray (Ethiopia)

Code
01N00111
Duration
01 January 2011 → 31 October 2015
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Physical geography and environmental geoscience
  • Engineering and technology
    • Geomatic engineering
Keywords
land rehabilitation land use and cover changes long-term land resilience desertification
 
Project description

Land use and cover change studies do generally not go beyond the 40 years of Landsat imagery or the 60 years of aerial photography. This study, in which closely and remotely sensed imagery are used, makes a geographically explicit analysis of land degradation and resilience over 150 years, as well as future scenarios in the highlands of Tigray (Ethiopia).