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Geospatial Analysis of Deforestation<br />

and Land Use Dynamics in a Region of Southwestern Nigeria<br />

Agroforestry<br />

Arable<br />

farmland<br />

Bare<br />

rock<br />

Forest Bare<br />

soils<br />

Settlement Shrub/<br />

fallow<br />

159<br />

Water<br />

body ACCURACY<br />

Agroforestry 1333 0 0 54 0 0 44 0 0.93<br />

Arable<br />

farmland<br />

0 5485 363 0 464 0 1662 44 0.68<br />

Bare rock 0 928 13507 0 34 30 19 1530 0.84<br />

Forest 2244 0 10 11412 0 0 4558 26 0.63<br />

Bare soils 1 5174 41 4 10517 720 6118 124 0.46<br />

Settlement 0 174 22 0 1438 13267 7 632 0.85<br />

Shrub/fallow 1475 504 64 657 1351 0 24127 123 0.85<br />

Water body 0 86 207 0 4 58 0 263 0.43<br />

RELIABILITY 0.26 0.44 0.95 0.94 0.76 0.94 0.66 0.10<br />

Average Accuracy = 70.97 %<br />

Average Reliability = 63.25 %<br />

Overall Accuracy = 72.05 %<br />

Table 5. Matrix of land use/land cover for 2003<br />

5.2 Land use change between 1978 and 2003<br />

The overall results of the study indicate that the area of forestland has been continuously<br />

declined, while the area of shrub/fallow, built-up area (settlements) and waterbody was<br />

proportionally increased (Table 6).<br />

Arae in Percentage<br />

100%<br />

80%<br />

60%<br />

40%<br />

20%<br />

0%<br />

Source: Author’s Data Analysis<br />

Fig. 7. Land use/land cover change 1978-2003<br />

Forest<br />

Arable<br />

Agro-forestry<br />

Bare soils<br />

Fallow<br />

Bare rock<br />

Water body<br />

Settlement<br />

Land use type<br />

2003<br />

1994<br />

1986<br />

1978

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