تتبع تغيرات استخدامات الأراضي و الغطاءات الأرضية في ولاية البويرة باستعمال صور القمر الاصطناعي لاند سات

الملخص EN

In this study, the changes in land use and land cover in Bouira province from 1995 to 2017, were studied through the analysis and classification of the satellite images from landsat 8 and 5 (OLI and TM).

the analysis was enhanced using data collected from field samples, aerial photographs and satellite images (QuickBird).

selected data were processed by GIS (Mapinfo, ArcView) and satellite images analysis software (RDAS, ENVI).

the results obtained were validated using an error matrix.

the resulting maps revealed that urban areas class witnessed the highest changes with an increasing rate of 80.09%, followed by agricultural areas with 41.02%.

whereas the remaining areas experienced different and significant declines ; starting with water bodies with a decreasing rate reaching 128.44%, field crops with 34.54%, bare soils with about 33.81%, pastoral areas with about 9.38% and forest areas with 7.36%.