A Spatiotemporal Assessment of Land Use and Land Cover Changes in Peri-Urban Areas: A Case Study of Arshaly District, Kazakhstan

Onggarbek Alipbeki, Chaimgul Alipbekova, Arnold Sterenharz, Zhanat Toleubekova, Meirzhan Aliyev, Nursultan Mineyev and Kaiyrbek Amangaliyev
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Onggarbek Alipbeki: Department of Land use and Geodesy, S.Seifullin Kazakh Agro Technical University, Zhengis avenue, 62, Nur-Sultan 010000, Kazakhstan
Chaimgul Alipbekova: Department of Plant protection and Quarantine, S.Seifullin Kazakh Agro Technical University, Zhengis avenue, 62, Nur-Sultan 010000, Kazakhstan
Arnold Sterenharz: EXOLAUNCH GmbH, Reuchlin str. 10, 10553 Berlin, Germany (Spin-off Company from the Technical University of Berlin, Germany)
Zhanat Toleubekova: Department of Land use and Geodesy, S.Seifullin Kazakh Agro Technical University, Zhengis avenue, 62, Nur-Sultan 010000, Kazakhstan
Meirzhan Aliyev: Department of Land use and Geodesy, S.Seifullin Kazakh Agro Technical University, Zhengis avenue, 62, Nur-Sultan 010000, Kazakhstan
Nursultan Mineyev: Department of Land use and Geodesy, S.Seifullin Kazakh Agro Technical University, Zhengis avenue, 62, Nur-Sultan 010000, Kazakhstan
Kaiyrbek Amangaliyev: Department of Land use and Geodesy, S.Seifullin Kazakh Agro Technical University, Zhengis avenue, 62, Nur-Sultan 010000, Kazakhstan

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 4, 1-15

Abstract: In this study, the spatiotemporal dynamics of land use and land cover (LULC) were evaluated in the peri-urban area of the Arshaly district, which borders the capital of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Landsat multispectral images were used to study the changes in LULC. The analysis of LULC dynamics was carried out using supervised classification with a multi-temporal interval (1998, 2008, and 2018). During the study period, noticeable changes occurred in LULC. There was an increase in the area of arable land and forests and a reduction in the pastures. There was a sharp increase in the built-up area; that is, there was an intensification of land use through an increase in the share of arable land as well as the transformation of agricultural land for development. However, in general, the influence of urban sprawl in this peri-urban area has so far been accompanied by only a slight focus on its sustainable development.

Keywords: land use and land cover; remote sensing; supervised classification; change detection; driving factors; Arshaly district (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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