Effects of anthropogenic activities on land-use dynamics in an upland tropical evergreen forest in Ghana

dc.contributor.author	Ghartey-Tagoe, Felicity
dc.contributor.author	Ekumah, Bernard
dc.contributor.author	Pappoe, Alexander Nii Moi
dc.contributor.author	Akotoye, Hugh Komla
dc.date.accessioned	2021-04-06T14:05:52Z
dc.date.available	2021-04-06T14:05:52Z
dc.date.issued	2020
dc.identifier.issn	23105496
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/5247
dc.description	18p:, ill.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The Atewa Range Forest Reserve (ARFR) in Ghanais threatened by anthropogenic activities. This study used geospatial techniques to assess the effects of human activities on land use and land cover (LULC) dynamics in ARFR using Landsat satellite images of 1986, 1991, 2006 and 2016. Estimated Normalized Differential Vegetation Index showed a continuous decline in LULC, signifying increasing stress on vegetation in ARFR. Between 1986 and 2016, the rainforest reduced from 345.83km2 to 183.48km2; logged land declined from 324.52km2 to 186.21km2; farmland increased from 328.43km2 to 384.68km2; and settlement expanded from 110.48km2 to 354.91km2, respectively	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	University of Cape Coast	en_US
dc.subject	Land transition	en_US
dc.subject	Deforestation	en_US
dc.subject	Rainforest	en_US
dc.subject	Anthropogenic activities	en_US
dc.subject	Logging	en_US
dc.subject	NDVI	en_US
dc.title	Effects of anthropogenic activities on land-use dynamics in an upland tropical evergreen forest in Ghana	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US