Monitor changes in land cover in the Ramallah governorate 1994 -2003 by using remote sensing

Abstract EN

This study attempts to monitor changes in land cover in Ramallah, between the years 1994-2003, since the Oslo agreement and the arrival of the Palestinian Authority, was chosen Ramallah because of their political status, they are considered the political capital of the Palestinian Authority, due dominated Israel to the city of Jerusalem It is the eternal capital of the Palestinians, and was found during the study, turning vast areas of agricultural and pastoral land to urban land, and shrinking arable land area which led to a decrease in agricultural productivity of the land, and the exposure of wildlife at risk because of human activities in the region.

The use of remote sensing program remote monitoring these changes through the years mentioned earlier, based on satellite images, has been shown breadth of territory controlled by the Israel area, as well as to increase the number of Israeli settlements in the province and on the land of pastoral and agricultural account, and restrictions on communities Palestinian.

Verification of the accuracy of the data and accuracy of the analysis was used scale Kappa, And it reached the accuracy of this measurement are as follows: Overall Kappa Statistics = 0.8052