A study of land degradation pattern in the Mahin mud-beach coast of southwest Nigeria with spatial-statistical modelling geostatistics.

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dc.contributor.authorFasona, M.J
dc.contributor.authorOmojola, A.S
dc.contributor.authorSoneye, A.S.O
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-28T15:29:02Z
dc.date.available2022-07-28T15:29:02Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.descriptionScholarly articleen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study utilized remote sensing and spatial-statistical geostatistics to model future land degradation in the mud-beach coast of southwest Nigeria. Current landcover was derived from Landsat ETM+data. Model input data c onsists of 12 predictor variables. Attribution of weights to variables was done through multi-criteria evaluation. These weights were used to develop logistic regression function for simulating probability surfacemaps. Degraded lands accounted for about 30.2% of the total landcover with permanently inundated lands and bare surfaces contributing 22.4%. The results suggest soil, geology, elevation, distance to ocean, and location of old bitumen wells as the most important predictor variables. Simulated composite probabilities for transiting into degraded lands range between 0.4184 and 0.4871 in the next 20 years (from 2001) to between 0.4284 and 0.4973 in the next 100 years. Mangrove,,scrub/coastal grassland, farmland/fallow and built-up areas appear to have higher probabilities, while the palm swamp ecosystems have the least.en_US
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Geography and Geology, 3(1), p141-159. ISSN 1916-9779. http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jgg/article/view/7453. DOI:10.5539/jgg.v3n1p141en_US
dc.identifier.otherDOI:10.5539/jgg.v3n1p141
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/10938
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCanadian Center of Science and Educationen_US
dc.subjectLandcoveren_US
dc.subjectLand degradationen_US
dc.subjectMud-beach coasten_US
dc.subjectGeostatisticsen_US
dc.subjectSpatial-statisticsen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCESen_US
dc.titleA study of land degradation pattern in the Mahin mud-beach coast of southwest Nigeria with spatial-statistical modelling geostatistics.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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