Spatial patterns of land use/cover change in the coffee crop area of the Sierra Norte de Puebla
The Sierra Norte de Puebla (SNP) is a region with a high biological and cultural diversity where the coffee plantations have had a relevant role in the land use cover characteristics. The objective of this study is to know the spatial patterns of the dynamics of the land use/cover change in the peri...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2010 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Investigaciones Geográficas |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/59224 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.investigacionesgeograficas.unam.mx/index.php/rig/article/view/59224 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Cambio de cobertura y uso del suelo clasificación supervisada Landsat café Sierra Norte de Puebla Land Use Cover Change Supervised Classification Coffee |
| Sumario: | The Sierra Norte de Puebla (SNP) is a region with a high biological and cultural diversity where the coffee plantations have had a relevant role in the land use cover characteristics. The objective of this study is to know the spatial patterns of the dynamics of the land use/cover change in the period 1988-2003, relating these patterns with activities of the coffee economic sector in the SNP. The change analysis was realized by means a supervised classification of two Landsat satellite images. The geographic or spatial change was evaluated overlaying the two land use/cover maps (1988-2003) obtaining a change matrix. Over the 15-year period considered, 58.4% of the study area remained unchanged and 41.6% had some class of change. The main changes were from induced grassland/agriculture to shade coffee plantations/intermediate secondary vegetation of tropical montane cloud forest or to tropical rain forest/ permanent citrus crops. The change-patterns of the land use/cover dynamics are related to the current process of the coffee-sector problematic in the region. |
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