Land Use/Land Cover Changes from 1995 to 2017 in Trang Bang, Southern Vietnam

Thi Bich Phuong  Nguyen; Xin  Zhang; Wei  Wu; Hongbin  Liu

doi:10.4236/as.2019.103033

Thi Bich Phuong Nguyen¹, Xin Zhang¹, Wei Wu², Hongbin Liu³^*

Abstract:

Trang Bang is the largest agricultural production district of TayNinh province, Vietnam that has a great influence on the socio-economic development of the whole province. This study assessed land use - land cover change in Trang Bang district from 1995 to 2017, the results provide scientific evidence for the safe and effective identification of causes and safeguards for mulch. The study was conducted by an expert classification system and the land use/land cover (LULC) was classified into 6 classes: food-crops, fruit-tree, water, built-up, industry and shrub. The result showed that the LULC there decreased between 1995 and 2017. All the two land cover types (food-crops, fruit-tree) decreased 141.2 km2 (41.4%) in 2017 compared with 1995, while the area of industrial and urban land (industry, built-up) increased 70.0 km2 (20.6%). The overall classification accuracies in 1995, 2007, and 2017 were 94.2%, 98.0%, and 96.3% respectively. The overall kappa coefficients for the image classification were 0.90, 0.97, and 0.94 in 1995, 2007, and 2017 respectively. In general, the average classification was above 90%, and this proved that the classification was reliable and acceptable. The result show that the LULC in the study area decreased during 1997-2017 and tended to decrease in recent years.

Keywords: Sai Gon River, Dau Tieng Dam, Land Use/Land Cover, Trang Bang, Classification, Remote Sensing

Cite this paper: Nguyen, T. , Zhang, X. , Wu, W. and Liu, H. (2019) Land Use/Land Cover Changes from 1995 to 2017 in Trang Bang, Southern Vietnam. Agricultural Sciences, 10, 413-422. doi: 10.4236/as.2019.103033.

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