Multi-temporal analysis of past and future land cover change in the highly urbanized state of Selangor, Malaysia

• Published in: Ecological processes Vol. 11; no. 1; p. 2
• Main Authors: Azari, Majid, Billa, Lawal, Chan, Andy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 24.01.2022; Springer Nature B.V; SpringerOpen
• Subjects: Agricultural land; Components; computer software; Decision making; Decision trees; Earth and Environmental Science; Environment; False alarms; issues and policy; Land change modeller; Land cover; Land cover modelling; Land use and land cover; Malaysia; Markov chain model; Markov chains; Mathematical models; model validation; Natural vegetation; Selangor; Software; stakeholders; Total organic carbon; Urban planning; urbanization; Vegetation; Selangor Malaysia; Malaysia; Land cover modelling; Malaysia; Land use and land cover; Markov chain model; Land change modeller; Selangor

Background This study analysed the multi-temporal trend in land cover, and modelled a future scenario of land cover for the year 2030 in the highly urbanized state of Selangor, Malaysia. The study used a Decision Forest-Markov chain model in the land change modeller (LCM) tool of TerrSet software. L...