To know the factors that impacts Land Use Land Cover in southern Nigeria
Factors influencing Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) in Southeastern Nigeria include:
LULC changes in SE Nigeria can be influenced by several factors, but I'd like to highlight 4 rare ones that we don't always get to talk about. 1. Illegal Activities/Operations – government's failure to regulate land grabbing, artisanal and illegal mining (artisanal miners don't care about land protection, they're crude), and unplanned settlements contribute to land degradation.
2. Nomadism - I was tempted to put it under Illegal Activities/Operations, but I declined the temptation because nonadism is never an illegal activity, but has a tendency of altering the nature of a land
3. Erosion and Soil Degradation – Southeastern Nigeria—with its usual prolonged rainfall regime and countless flood plains—is prone to gully erosion, which reshapes the landscape and reduces arable land.
4. Infrastructure Development – The construction of roads, bridges, roadcuts, and public facilities often leads to land clearing and changes in land cover. On the flip side, when there is little/no development of this manner, the implication is you have a rapid decline in population which will, in turn, lead to either land degradation or natural regeneration.
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