Assessment of the development of urban expansion on agricultural lands in the municipal branch of Tomina during the period (1984 -2018) using remote sensing and geographic information systems

Abstract

<> The study dealt with tracking urban expansion and agricultural land losses in the region during the period between 1984-2018, using remote sensing technology and geographic information systems, to monitor and analyze changes in land uses in the branch, where four satellite visuals were processed for successive periods of time (1984-1995-2006-2018), and using some of the tools and methods of spatial analysis provided by GIS technology to determine the trends of urban growth axes in the municipal branch, track the areas of urban growth that occurred in the region, determine its distribution patterns, and elicit the size of wastage of agricultural lands temporally and spatially in the study area. Variation in the size of urban expansion and the losses inflicted on agricultural land, spatially between urban and temporal areas, according to the study periods.