Trajectories of Land-use and Land-

cover change in Giao Thuy district –

Nam Dinh province
Vuong Hong Nhat
Nguyen Van Hong
Nguyen Ngoc Thang
Outline

 Introduction
 Study Area and Materials
 Methodology
 Results and Discussion
 Conclusion
1. Introduction

 LULC trajectories are the temporal sequence of LULC classes

 LULC trajectories help in outlining policy or environmental management implications
associated with the consequences of land-use.
2. Study area and Materials

 Coastal plain district

 Natural Area: 237.756 km2
 Population: 190.291 (in 2015)
 Lower part of the Red River
 2. Study area and Materials (cont.)

Revisit time Acquisition

Imagery Resolution (m) Swath (km)
(days) date
Landsat TM 30*30 185 16 21-11-2000
Landsat TM 30*30 185 16 11-5-2005
Landsat TM 30*30 185 16 1-11-2010
Landsat 8 OLI 30*30 185 16 25-9-2014
3. Methodology
S. No Class name
 Image classification
1 Agriculture
 Analysis
2 Homestead
 Image analysis
 Statistical analysis
3 Water
4 Aquaculture
5 Mangrove
6 Salt Fields
7 Coastal Land
4. Results and
Discussion
 Dominant Trajectory
Improbable Trajectory
Trajectory Area (ha) Percentage
4. Results and Discussion(cont.)
Ag-Ag-Ag-Ag 8.274 32.71 W-Ag-W-Ag

H-H-H-H 5.319 21.02 W-Aq-C-Aq

- The study area remains quite stable through
time. Aq-Aq-Aq-Aq 2.635 10.42 W-C-H-C

- First four top trajectories cover almost the W-W-W-W 2.281 9.02 W-C-H-W
study area 2.113
W-C-W-C 8.36 Aq-M-Aq-W
- Changes involve Mangrove, Agriculture,
M-M-M-M 998.3 3.95 W-W-C-W
Homestead and Coastal Land
S-S-S-S 565.5 2.24 Aq-M-W-H
W-C-W-W 565.3 2.23 C-C-W-H
W-M-M-M 361.6 1.43 M-Aq-W-W
Ag-H-H-H 306.1 1.21 M-W-W-Aq

Top 10 dominant trajectories and improbable trajectories of the

study area in the period 2000-2014. “Ag” stands for
Agriculture, “W” stands for Water, “H” stands for Homestead,
“Aq” stands for Aquaculture, “C” stands for Coastal Land, “S”
stands for Salt Field, “M” stands for Mangrove
5. Conclusion

 Agriculture land dominates the study area (32.71% area)

 The study area remains quite stable over time. 73.17% of the study area have not changed
 Regarding the change: 3601 ha of Agriculture land have been converted to Homestead
Land. In the period 2000-2014
Thank you for your kind attention.