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Built-up area expansion in the Wa Municipality of Ghana: implications for vegetation cover loss and fragmentation.
- Source :
- African Geographical Review; Sep2022, Vol. 41 Issue 3, p364-384, 21p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- This study draws on the patch-mosaic model and uses geospatial and statistical methods to assess vegetation fragmentation specifically from built-up area expansion between 1990 and 2018 in the Wa Municipality of Ghana. The study finds that 0.19% and 0.33% annual expansion in the built-up area from 1990-2006 and 2006-2018 contributed to annual vegetation patch size variability (coefficient of variation in the patch size) of 1.82% and 120.97% from 1990-2006 and 2006-2018, respectively. Our results suggest that a higher rate of increase in built-up area would likely create larger quantities of intermixed vegetation and built-up patches. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- GROUND vegetation cover
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19376812
- Volume :
- 41
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- African Geographical Review
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 159232691
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2021.1919532