A community-GIS supported dryland use and cover change assessment: The case of the Njemps flats in Kenya

Figures & data

Figure 1. Map of the study area

Figure 2. (a) community assessment of change in average household crop land size in acres (b) GIS analysis of change in crop production area from 1980 to 2019 (Source: Study Data)

Figure 3. (a) Reasons for increase in enclosures. (b) Reasons for decline in nomadism/livestock mobility

Figure 4. Change in livestock population from1975 to 2018

Table 1. Reasons for change in livestock population

Reason	Respondents	Percentage
Drought and water scarcity	110	73
Pests and diseases	91	61
Invasive shrub Prosopis juliflora	84	56
Increased family expenses	73	49
Sedentarization	57	38
Livestock improvement	38	25

Figure 5. (a) Percent respondents who reported land cover change; (b) GIS analysis on change in area covered by shrubs from1980 to 2019

Figure 6. Land use and land cover in the year 1980

Figure 7. Land use and land cover in the year 1995

Figure 8. Land use and land cover in the year 2019

Table 2. Summary of land use and cover types in the study area between years 1980 to 2019

Year	1980		1995		2019
Land cover type	Area in (ha)	Area in%	Area in (ha)	Area in %	Area in (ha)	Area in %
Shrubland	275,889.8	86.6	285,367.6	89.6	289,197	90.8
Waterbody	13,471.9	4.2	13,013.6	3.9	16,929.5	5.3
Grassland	12,668	4.0	9088.9	2.9	3643.8	1.1
Other land	8357.7	2.6	4881.3	1.5	2724.2	0.8
Forestland	6472.5	2.0	4802.6	1.5	2518.3	0.8
Wetland	1397	0.4	689.5	0.2	659.6	0.2
Cropland	370.5	0.2	788.8	0.4	2889.8	1.0
Total Area	318,562.3	100	318,562.29	100	318,562.3	100