Land Use and Land Cover Change Detection Using GIS and Remote Sensing

Information on LULC change would have helped for planners and decision makers to implement LULC planning aimed at sustainable use and management of resources, to improve rural livelihood at regional and local level as well. This study is intended to assess the LULC change in the Koga watershed, North Western Ethiopia, for the past thirty eight years (1973-2011) using GIS and remote sensing techniques. The study watershed covered 29,348.8 hectares.