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Monitoring coastal zone land use and land cover changes of Abu Dhabi using remote sensing

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Coastal zones are most vulnerable for landuse changes in this rapid industrialization and urbanization epoch. It is necessary to evaluate land use — land cover (LULC) changes to develop efficient management strategies. The main objective of this paper is to evaluate and quantity Abu Dhabi coastal zone LULC changes from 1972 to 2000 using multi-temporal LANDSAT satellite data and digital change detection techniques. Supervised classification coupled with expert visual interpretation techniques were used to produce LULC classified images with an accuracy of 88%. Change detection process was achieved by applying post-classification comparison techniques in ENVI software. From this study it has been observed that the important coastal landuse types of Abu Dhabi coast .i.e. wetlands and woody Vegetation (Mangrove, represented by a single species,Avicennia marina) have been reduced drastically in their extent due to reclamation, dredging, tipping and other anthropogenic activities along the coastal zone. However, it has been observed that there is rapid increase in the man-made plantation and managed vegetation from 1990 to 2000 due to the Abu Dhabi government initiation. This study has given good insight into Abu Dhabi coastal zone changes during last 3 decades.

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  1. Geography Program, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, 17771, Al-Ain, UAE

    M. M. Yagoub

  2. Master Degree Program of RS & GIS, College of Humanities & Social Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Abu Dhabi, UAE

    Giridhar Reddy Kolan

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Yagoub, M.M., Kolan, G.R. Monitoring coastal zone land use and land cover changes of Abu Dhabi using remote sensing. J Indian Soc Remote Sens 34, 57–68 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02990747

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