Search for dissertations about: "land use dynamics rwanda"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words land use dynamics rwanda.

  2. 1. Land use dynamics in the face of population increase. A study in the districts of Gatsibo and Nyagatare, Eastern Province, Rwanda

    Author : Theophile NIYONZIMA; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; land use dynamics; land cover changes; population increase; cropping; livestock; political ecology; Rwanda;

    Abstract : This thesis is about land use dynamics in areas undergoing population increase. The study was undertaken to clarify how the increasing population interacted with their physical environment through farming in Eastern Province, Rwanda. READ MORE

  4. 2. Earth Observation based Monitoring of Urbanizationand Environmental Impact in Kigali, Rwanda

    Author : Theodomir Mugiraneza; Yifang Ban; Jan Haas; Emmanuel Twarabamenye; Constantinos Cartalis; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Earth observation; Landsat; Sentinel-2; WorldView-2; Urbanization; Land cover classification; Support vector machines; Random forest; U-Net; LandTrendr; Landscape metrics; Ecosystem services; Environmental impact analysis; Kigali; Rwanda; Jordobservation; Landsat; Sentinel-2 MSI; WorldView-2; Urbanisering; Klassificering av marktäcke; Stödvektormaskiner; Slumpmässig skog; U-Net; LandTrendr; Landskapsmetriker; Ekosystemtjänster; Miljökon- sekvensanalys; Kigali; Rwanda.; Geoinformatics; Geoinformatik;

    Abstract : Urbanization is one of the great challenges in the 21st century. Despite being an engine for the global economy, urban areas consume 78% of World's energy and emit more than 60% of greenhouse gas emission. Sub-SaharanAfrican cities, e.g. READ MORE