Effects of urban expansion on the surrounding agricultural communities of the southern Ethiopian town of Jajura

Figures & data

Figure 1. Study area.

Figure 2. False color Landsat images of Jajura town of the year 2002, 2012, and 2022.

Figure 3. Urban expansion on farmland between,2002, 2012, and 2022.

Table 1. Percentages of land use/land cover change in the town 2002 –2022.

	Change 2002		Change 2012		Change 2022
Land use/land cover change types	Hectares	%	Hectares	%	Hectares	%
Waterbody	88	90.6	44.7	44.6	43.3	31.8
Woodland	−51.2	−24.0	−0.8	−0.5	−52.0	−24.4
Grassland	16.4	192.1	26.6	107.0	43.0	504.5
Bare land	−65.1	−13.1	−200.7	−46.5	−265.8	−53.5
Cropland	6.9	292.5	15.0	161.7	21.9	927.1
Built-up Area	49.7	84.3	115.2	106.1	165.0	279.9
Total	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Figure 4. Land use and land cover changes over the period 2002–2012.

Figure 5. Land use and land cover change in hectares gain and loss over the period 2002–2022.

Table 2. Land use and land cover change during 2012–2022.

	Persistence		Gains		Losses		Net change
	Hectares	%	Hectares	%	Hectares	%	Hectares	%
Plantation	99.2	21.9	85.8	20.22	−41.1	−9.7	44.7	10.5
Grassland	9.0	2.0	152.1	35.84	−152.9	−36	−0.9	−0.2
Bare land	10.7	2.4	40.8	9.622	−14.2	−3.3	26.6	6.3
Cropland	221.9	49.0	9.1	2.153	−209.8	−49.5	−200.7	−47.3
Rural settlement	3.1	0.7	21.1	4.981	−6.2	−1.5	15	3.5
Urban built-up area	108.6	24	115.3	27.18	−0.1	0.0	115.2	27.2
Total	452.6	100	424.3	100	−424.3	−100	0	0

Table 3. Land use/land cover change during 2002–2022.

	Persistence		Gains		Losses		Net change
	Hectares	%	Hectares	%	Hectares	%	Hectares	%
Plantation	58.9	16.7	126.2	24.06	−38.2	−7.3	88	16.8
Grassland	24.3	6.9	136.8	26.08	188.8	−36	−52	−9.9
Bare land	5.5	1.6	46	8.775	−3	−0.6	43	8.2
Cropland	204.	57.9	27	5.143	−292.8	−55.8	−2658	−50.7
Rural settlement	0.7	0.2	23.5	4.4.86	−1.6	−0.3	21.9	4.2
Built-up area	58.9	16.2	165	31.46	0.0	00	165	31.5
Total	352.4	100	524.4	100	524.4	100	0.0	00

Figure 6. Land use and land cover changes over the period 2002–2022.

Figure 7. Trend of urban expansion.

Figure 8. Effects caused by urban expansion.