ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF LAND USE CHANGE IN LAGOS STATE USING GIS-BASED DATA

Abstract: This paper focuses on land which is a crucial determinants of production and social progress. It has a significant influence on government policies relating to demographic patterns, spatial economy, transport network and commuting preferences. This study employed GIS and remote sensed data to detect land use change and how this change affects the economy of Ikeja local government of Lagos state. The study used three Landsat satellite imageries, which are Thematic Mapper for 1984, Enhanced Thematic Mapper for 2000, and Operational Land Imager for 2016 and 2021. This study revealed that between 1984 and 2000, there was 5.6% increase in the urbanization, while forest cover and wetland/scrubland reduced by 5.1% and 0.6% respectively, implying that urbanization due to 65.5% population increase have been the major factor responsible for reduction of green space within the period. A continuous trend was witnessed between 2000 and 2016 3.2% land developed, 2.5%, forest cover while 0.8% decrease in wetland/scrubland. The study further discovered between 2016 and 2021 that the earth terrestrial of the spatial resolution scene of Ikeja depicted urban settlement increment by 18.5% whilst retrospectively forest vegetation and wetland patterned the reduction trend with 14.9% and 3.5% decline respectively, spurred 17.1% increase in population, reflecting envisaged continued development increase in the study area at the parcel out of vegetation. This study shows that land use change will continue to affect the economy of Lagos if not properly monitored. Keywords: GIS data, Land use change, Lagos state, Landsat, Urbanization. Title: ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF LAND USE CHANGE IN LAGOS STATE USING GIS-BASED DATA Author: Muideen Adejare ISIAKA, Oluwafunbi Dorcas FABIYI, Oluyemi Theophilus ADEOSUN, Lukuman Olalekan LAMIDI International Journal of Recent Research in Commerce Economics and Management (IJRRCEM) ISSN 2349-7807 Vol. 10, Issue 1, January 2023 - March 2023 Page No: 29-37 Paper Publications Website: www.paperpublications.org Published Date: 27-January-2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7575785 Paper Download Link (Source) https://www.paperpublications.org/upload/book/ECONOMIC%20IMPLICATIONS-27012023-2.pdfInternational Journal of Recent Research in Commerce Economics and Management (IJRRCEM), ISSN 2349-7807, Paper Publications, Website: www.paperpublications.or