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Ecological risk assessment based on land cover change: A case of Zanzibar-Tanzania, 2003-2027

Omar, Hassan Mohammed

Abstract

Land use under improper land management is a major challenge in sub-Saharan Africa, and this has drastically affected ecological security. Addressing environmental impacts related to this major challenge requires faster and more efficient planning strategies that are based on measured information on land-use patterns. This study was employed to access the ecological risk index of Zanzibar using land cover change. We first employed Random Forest classifier to classify three Landsat images of Zanzibar for the year 2003, 2009 and 2018. And then the land change modeler was employed to simulate the land cover for Zanzibar City up to 2027 from land-use maps of 2009 and 2018 under business-as-usual and other two alternative scenarios (conservation and extreme scenario). Next, the ecological risk index of Zanzibar for each land cover was assessed based on the theories of landscape ecology and ecological risk model. The results show that the built-up areas and farmland of Zanzibar island have been increased constantly, while the natural grassland and forest cover were shrinking. The forest, agricultural and grassland have been highly fragmented into several small patches relative to the decrease in their patch areas. On the other hand, the ecological risk index of Zanzibar island has appeared to increase at a constant rate and if the current trend continues this index will increase by up to 8.9% in 2027. In comparing the three future scenarios the results show that the ERI for the conservation scenario will increase by only 4.6% which is at least 1.6% less compared to 6.2% of the business as usual, while the extreme scenario will provide a high increase of ERI of up to 8.9%. This study will help authorities to understand ecological processes and land use dynamics of various land cover classes, along with preventing unmanaged growth and haphazard development of informal housing and infrastructure.

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10 10 ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT BASED ON LAND COVER CHANGE: A CASE OF ZANZIBAR-TANZANIA, 2003-2027 Hassan Mohammed Oma i ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT BASED ON LAND COVER CHANGE: A CASE OF ZANZIBAR-TANZANIA, 2003-2027 Disse a ion supe ised by Ped o da Cos a B i o Cab al, PHD P o esso , No a In o ma ion Managemen School Uni e si y o No a Lisbon, Po ugal Hanna Meye , PhD P o esso , Ins i u e o Geoin o ma ics Uni e si y o Muns e , Ge many Ca los G anell Canu , PhD P o esso , Ins i u e o New Imaging Technologies Uni e si y o Jaume I Cas ellon, Spain Feb ua y, 2020 ii DECLARATION OF ORIGINALITY I decla e ha he wo k desc ibed in his documen is my own and no om someone else. All he assis ance I ha e ecei ed om o he people is duly acknowledged and all he sou ces (published o no published) a e e e enced. This wo k has no been p e iously e alua ed o submi ed o NOVA In o ma ion Managemen School o elsewhe e. Lisbon, 17 h Feb ua y 2020 Hassan M. Oma iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Fi s ly, I would like o acknowledge ha , i is only by he G ace o Allah he Almigh y ha I ha e made his a . The gi o li e, good heal h and sound mind ha has been g an ed has enable me o accomplish his wo k. I would like o hank all conso ium o E asmus Mundus Mas e 's p og am in Geospa ial Technologies o hei inancial and ma e ial suppo du ing all pe iod o my s udy. Special hanks a e due o my supe iso s P o . Ped o Cab al, P o . Ca los G anell Canu , and P o . Hanna Meye , who p o ided imme se suppo o ensu e my wo k con o ms o s anda ds. I would like o hank P o . D . Ma co Painho o con inuous hesis ollow up and encou agemen and ensu ing ha , his wo k is comple e a he igh ime and in he igh s anda ds. Finally, bu no leas , I wish o hank my daugh e , Haj a Hassan, my lo ely wi e Asha Sei , and my whole amily o hei pa ience, inspi a ion, and unde s anding du ing he en i e pe iod o my s udy. My iends and all ela i es o hei suppo , encou agemen and all hei con ibu ions o make his s udy success. i ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT BASED ON LAND COVER CHANGE: A CASE OF ZANZIBAR-TANZANIA, 2003-2027 ABSTRACT Land use unde imp ope land managemen is a majo challenge in sub-Saha an A ica, and his has d as ically a ec ed ecological secu i y. Add essing en i onmen al impac s ela ed o his majo challenge equi es as e and mo e e icien planning s a egies ha a e based on measu ed in o ma ion on land-use pa e ns. This s udy was employed o access he ecological isk index o Zanziba using land co e change. We i s employed Random Fo es classi ie o classi y h ee Landsa images o Zanziba o he yea 2003, 2009 and 2018. And hen he land change modele was employed o simula e he land co e o Zanziba Ci y up o 2027 om land-use maps o 2009 and 2018 unde business-as-usual and o he wo al e na i e scena ios (conse a ion and ex eme scena io). Nex , he ecological isk index o Zanziba o each land co e was assessed based on he heo ies o landscape ecology and ecological isk model. The esul s show ha he buil -up a eas and a mland o Zanziba island ha e been inc eased cons an ly, while he na u al g assland and o es co e we e sh inking. The o es , ag icul u al and g assland ha e been highly agmen ed in o se e al small pa ches ela i e o he dec ease in hei pa ch a eas. On he o he hand, he ecological isk index o Zanziba island has appea ed o inc ease a a cons an a e and i he cu en end con inues his index will inc ease by up o 8.9% in 2027. In compa ing he h ee u u e scena ios he esul s show ha he ERI o he conse a ion scena io will inc ease by only 4.6% which is a leas 1.6% less compa ed o 6.2% o he business as usual, while he ex eme scena io will p o ide a high inc ease o ERI o up o 8.9%. This s udy will help au ho i ies o unde s and ecological p ocesses and land use dynamics o a ious land co e classes, along wi h p e en ing unmanaged g ow h and haphaza d de elopmen o in o mal housing and in as uc u e. KEYWORDS Ecological isk assessmen Ecosys ems se ices Land co e changes modelling Landscape ecological s a is ics (LECOS) Zanziba i ACRONYMS ANN A i icial Neu al Ne wo k BAU Business as Usual COLA Commission o Land CONSV Conse a ion Scena io DEM Digi al Ele a ion Model ERI Ecological Risk Index EXTRM Ex eme Scena io FAO Food and Ag icul u e O ganiza ion GDP G oss Domes ic P oduc LCM Land Change Modele LECOS Landscape ecological s a is ics LUCC Land Use Land Co e Change LULC Land Use Land Co e MCE Mul i C i e ia E alua ion MLP Mul i-laye Pe cep on NEMC Na ional En i onmen Managemen Council NBS Na ional Bu eau o S a is ics RGZ Re olu ion Go e nmen o Zanziba USGS Uni ed S a e Geological Su ey UTM Uni e sal T ans e se Me ca o WB Wo ld Bank WWF Wo ld Wide Fund o Na u e ii INDEX OF THE TEXT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ......................................................................................................... iii ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................................. i KEYWORDS ................................................................................................................................ ACRONYMS ............................................................................................................................... i INDEX OF TABLES ................................................................................................................... ix INDEX OF FIGURES ................................................................................................................... x 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 1 2. LITERATURE REVIEW ...................................................................................................... 4 2.1. Ecosys em se ices and hei bene i s ............................................................................ 4 2.2. The Cu en S a us o Ecosys em Se ices ..................................................................... 5 2.3. The Role o Remo e Sensing on Land use and Land Co e Change ............................. 6 2.4. Fu u e P o isions o Ecological Moni o ing h ough Land Change Modele ................ 8 3. STUDY AREA ...................................................................................................................... 8 4. DATA AND METHODS .................................................................................................... 11 4.1. Desc ip ion o he da a .................................................................................................. 11 4.1.1. Ex e nal a iables .................................................................................................. 12 4.2. Me hods ........................................................................................................................ 14 4.2.1. Image classi ica ion ............................................................................................... 14 4.2.2. Accu acy assessmen ............................................................................................. 15 4.3. Desc ip ions o he chosen scena ios ............................................................................ 16 4.3.1. Business as usual (2027BAU) ............................................................................... 16 4.3.2. Conse a ion scena io (2027CONSV) .................................................................. 16 4.3.3. Ex eme scena io (2027EXTM) ............................................................................ 16 4.4. P epa a ion o ex e nal (independen ) a iables ....................................................... 17 4.4.1. Fac o s ............................................................................................................... 17 4.4.2. Cons ain s ......................................................................................................... 19 4.5. Modelling Fu u e Scena ios wi h LCM ........................................................................ 20 4.5.1. Change Analysis .................................................................................................... 20 iii 4.5.2. T ansi ion po en ial ............................................................................................... 21 4.5.3. Change p edic ion ................................................................................................. 23 4.5.4. Model alida ion ................................................................................................... 24 4.6. Calcula ion o Ecological isk indices .......................................................................... 25 Ecological Risk index (ERI) ................................................................................................ 25 5. RESULTS ............................................................................................................................ 27 5.1. LULC changes 2003 - 2018 .............................................................................................. 27 5.2. Accu acy assessmen .................................................................................................... 28 5.3. LULC changes 2003 - 2018.......................................................................................... 30 5.4. Land Co e Change o u u e Scena ios ..................................................................... 31 5.4.1. Model alida ion esul s ........................................................................................ 31 5.4.2. Simula ed Maps o 2027 scena ios ...................................................................... 33 5.5. Ecological Risk Assessmen ......................................................................................... 35 5.5.1. Ecological Risk Indices o he yea 2003-2018 ................................................... 35 5.5.2. Ecological Risk Indices o 2027 scena ios .......................................................... 36 5.5.3. Dis ibu ion o ERI pe dis ic .............................................................................. 38 6. DISCUSSION ...................................................................................................................... 40 7. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS .............................................................. 42 Bibliog aphic Re e ences ............................................................................................................ 43 Annexes ................................................................................................................................... 49 Change analysis ....................................................................................................................... 49 P obabili y Ma ix.................................................................................................................... 49 5 Al e na i ely, he coas al ecosys em like mang o e o es , seag ass beds, and co al ee s, p o ide s ong suppo o hund eds o species o bo h ha d and so co als and ish as well as sea u les, c us aceans, and ma ine mammals (A S aeh , 2018). 2.2. The Cu en S a us o Ecosys em Se ices As (MA, 2005) sugges ed, ecosys em se ice bene i “is he bene i ha humans de i e om ecosys ems”. Bu in e e se, human ac i i ies ha e been coined as he main agen o a majo loses o des uc ion o global na u al ecosys ems (Chi, Zhang, Xie, & Wang, 2019). They cause a majo p essu e in ecosys em species, by ei he imp ope use o na u al esou ces, o due o inc easing in demands o ecosys em se ices in a pa icula socie y. In ha sense, he ph ase like “ecosys em se ice loss” is mo e connec ed wi h he cos s ha mus be paid o elie e he impac o ecosys em des uc ion on human p oduc ion and ea nings (Haden e al., 2019). Acco ding o Millennium Ecosys em Assessmen epo o 2005, he e is a massi e decline and h ea ening o ecosys em heal h which a e comp ises wi h he p o ision o ecosys em se ices upon which indi iduals, communi ies and en i e cul u es depend (O e peck e al., 2013; Rowland, 2019). This 2005 MA epo had p o ided an es ima ion o mo e han 60% o he ecosys em se ices which ha e been assessed ac oss he globe a e al eady being deg aded o a e used unsus ainably wi h he po en ial o become mo e deg aded in he i s hal o his cen u y. The d i e s like he apid inc ease in human popula ion, mining ac i i ies, subsequen g ow h in u baniza ion and in o mal se lemen s, oge he wi h o he h ea s, place eno mous s ess on he ecosys em hea h and hus impac s hei u u e sus ainabili y (Engel, 2012). Zanziba and Tanzania o example, ha e been epo ed o expe ience an ex ensi e decline in he s a e o i s en i onmen h ough loss o na u al habi a s and biodi e si y o mo e han h ee decades (A. I. Ali, 2016). Much o hese changes a e caused by he changes in LULC which a e in luenced by inc ease in human popula ion, economic ac i i ies and poo managemen o u ban de elopmen s (NEMC, 2006). Al e na i ely, he 2018 WWF’s li ing Plane epo , p o ide an es ima ion o up o 50% o he global eshwa e and we land habi a s which ha e al eady been los in he pas 30 yea s since 1970 due o a ious human ac i i ies and clima ic a ia ion (Wo ld Wide Fund Fo Na u e (WWF), 2018). These eshwa e and we land habi a s a e mo e essen ial in main aining ecological p ocesses, as well as p o iding an app op ia e wa e lows wi hin an en i e wa e ca chmen (Paul, 2013). Losing o des uc ing hese habi a s, would a ec he en i onmen al lows including educing he olume, iming and e en he quali y o wa e lows which a e e y 6 essen ial o he su i al o downs eam habi a s and species wi hin hose a eas (Paul, 2013). In case o o es ecosys ems, which appea o be he mos undamen al sou ces o se ices and global biodi e si y, hei abili y o main ain hei u u e sus ainabili y is po en ially h ea ened. The ecen epo o Food and Ag icul u e O ganiza ion, p o ide an es ima ion o abou i e million hec a e pe yea o global o es which ha e al eady been los be ween 2005 and 2015 (FAO, 2018). This es ima ion is e y wo se o he u u e de elopmen o biodi e si y and ecosys em sus ainabili y, as well as h ea co esponding o he eedback on clima ic sys em and ood secu i y (Ga zuglia, 2018). Wi hou p ope plan and managemen , he s a us o ecosys em se ices will con inue o ace unp eceden ed s ess and p essu e, ha could esul in hei deg ada ion and con e sion, he eby a ec ing hei sus ainabili y in bo h cu en and u u e gene a ions. 2.3. The Role o Remo e Sensing on Land use and Land Co e Change Remo e sensing is he science and o some ex en , he a o acqui ing in o ma ion abou he Ea h’s su ace wi hou ac ually being in con ac wi h i (Paul, 2013). In combina ion wi h GIS, Remo e Sensing (RS) p o ide a be e oppo uni y in s udying and analyzing he a ious o m o he ea h's in o ma ion (Paul, 2013). I p o ides ooms o iew he ea h phenomenon om he space, which enables he comp ehension o he cumula i e in luence o human ac i i ies on he ea h's su ace's na u al s a e. One o he majo applica ions o emo e sensing echniques is he classi ica ion o emo ely sensed da a o mul i- empo al images. These echniques ha e been conside ed as an ul ima e oo o a ious analysis and applica ions in he ield o emo e sensing (Mülle o á, Pe gl, & Pyšek, 2013). The undamen al objec i e o emo e sensing image classi ica ion is o di ide he emo ely sensed image in o a numbe o classes (pixel g oup) in o de o e ec i ely examine and asses wha changes ha e been occu ed in each o hose g oups (J. Xu, Feng, Zhao, Sun, & Zhu, 2019). Howe e , he classi ica ion p ocess o emo ely sensed images is some ime conside ed o be he mos complex ask in luenced by a ious ac o s such as a ailabili y o high-quali y images, ancilla y da a, p ope classi ica ion p ocedu e, and analy ical abili y o he esea che (Gao & Xu, 2015) . In mos cases, i appea s o be much ha de o iden i y which is he bes classi ie o be used in a pa icula s udy due o ei he he lack o p ope guidelines in selec ing he algo i hm o e en he lack o a ailabili y o app op ia e classi ica ion algo i hms o a pa icula band (Gao & Xu, 2015). In ha sense, many esea che s ha e made a g ea e o in p oposing he mos e ec i e classi ica ion me hods o imp o e classi ica ion accu acy and as well as hei esul s. 7 The mos popula emo e sensing classi ica ion me hods p oposed in di e en s udies a e supe ised, and unsupe ised classi ica ion. In supe ised classi ica ion, he image pixels a e classi ied by selec ing ep esen a i e samples o each land co e class (T aining Si es o A eas) and hen he classi ica ion algo i hm applies hese samples o he en i e image (Bha acha ya, Ca , & Pal, 2016). This p ocess is done in h ee majo s eps including selec ing aining a eas, gene a e he signa u e ile and classi y he image. In ano he case, in unsupe ised classi ica ion he images a e classi ied only by g ouping he pixels in o clus e s based on hei p ope ies i s , and hen he classi ica ion o each clus e wi h land co e classes a e done. In gene al, his classi ica ion me hod is conside ed as he mos basic echnique, since he e is no need o aining samples o classi y he image. I is a simple way o classi y he image wi h only wo majo s eps including gene a ing clus e s and assigning classes (Bha acha ya e al., 2016). All o hese classi ica ion me hods can be u he g ouped in ei he s a is ical me hods, decision ees, a i icial neu al ne wo ks, and o he a i icial in elligence algo i hms (Xie, Li, Xiao, & Peng, 2016). S a is ical me hods such as maximum likelihood classi ie and Bayesian classi ie wo ks in an assump ion ha he membe s o each class in each band ollow a no mal dis ibu ion in he ea u e space and calcula es he p obabili y ha a gi en pixel belongs o a speci ic class. In his pa icula me hod, he classi ica ion accu acy dec eases as he dimension o ea u e dec eases (Xie e al., 2016). The decision ee me hods like andom o es classi ie make no assump ions conce ning he dis ibu ion o he inpu ea u es and he e o e hey a e obus and e ec i e me hods in managing nonlinea ela ionships among he class membe (J. Xu e al., 2019). Howe e , he e ec i eness o he decision ee me hods is highly in luenced by he size o he ea u e space and hus a e no app op ia e me hods o da a wi h a high dimension o ea u e space (J. Xu e al., 2019). In he case o a i icial neu al ne wo ks (ANN) me hods p o e a powe ul pe o mance wi h a highe dimensional ea u e space compa ed o s a is ical classi ica ion me hods because hey a e dis ibu ion- ee (J. Xu e al., 2019). Howe e , he mos di icul ness o using ANN models is i s demands o equi es a signi ican amoun o aining da a and a conside able numbe o i e a i e aining p ocedu es o ensu e ha he models a e ained success ully. Al e na i ely, he compu a ion o ANN algo i hms can be ex ao dina ily complex (J. Xu e al., 2019). 8 2.4. Fu u e P o isions o Ecological Moni o ing h ough Land Change Modele Spa ial and dynamic changes in LULC o he ea h’s su ace ha e a majo in luence on he des uc ion and u u e p o ision o ecosys em sus ainabili y o bo h landscape s uc u e and agmen a ion o g een space (Tian, Jim, Tao, & Shi, 2011). These dynamic changes in LULC can esul in an inc ease in he le el o land abandonmen , s a a ion o e en mig a ion ou o he a ec ed egion (Y. Wang e al., 2018). In ha kind o si ua ion, unde s anding he dynamics and u u e land co e ends has o be conside ed as a majo componen in app o al s a egies o bo h he planning and implemen a ion o app op ia e ools in conse ing he deg aded land. A numbe o compu a ion algo i hms o moni o ing and p edic ing u u e land co e changes ha e been widely inc eased in ecen yea s. The models like Ma ko chain (MC) (Al-sha i & P adhan, 2014), a i icial neu al ne wo k (Pijanowski, B own, Shelli o, & Manik, 2001), cellula au oma a (Cla ke & Gaydos, 1998), cellula Au oma a-Ma ko model (A sanjani, Kainz, & Mousi and, 2011), bina y logis ic eg ession (A sanjani, Helbich, Kainz, & Boloo ani, 2012), and simila i y weigh ed ins ance-based machine lea ning algo i hm (Sange mano, Eas man, & Zhu, 2010) a e among he common used models o he u u e p edic ion and simula ion o changes in land co e . Land Change Modele (LCM) o example, was ound o be one among he e ec i e modeling ool which inco po a es CA-Ma ko chain based on a neu al ne wo k o p edic u u e land-use change (Eas man, 2006). This CA-Ma ko chain models inco po a ed in LCM a e ai ly simple and much powe ul in modeling he complex p ocess and changes in land use o planning pu poses (Eas man, 2006). I models he u u e land co e changes by making an assump ion ha , he p obabili y o sys em being in a ce ain ime can only be de e mined i i s p e ious s a e is known wi h he assump ion ha a es o change obse ed du ing he calib a ion pe iod (T1 o T2), will emain he same du ing he simula ion pe iod (T2 o T3). LCM does also p o ides he ools ha can simula e he u u e land-use changes and pa e ns and allowing es ing o al e na i e planning scena ios. Simula ing u u e land co e change unde wha called scena ios, can p o ide a be e unde s anding o a ious planning al e na i es, s imula ing policy discussions be ween en i onmen al and de elopmen goals, and he e o e helping he esponsible au ho i ies in designing he new policies and p ocedu es ha c ea e incen i es o ecological conse a ion (McKenzie, E., Rosen hal, A., Be nha d , J., Gi e z, E., Ko acs, K., Olwe o, N. and To , 2012). 9 3. STUDY AREA This s udy was conduc ed in Zanziba (Figu e 3.1), he small coas al island o abou 2,461 km² in o al, loca ed a 39° 05’ E o 39° 55’ E and 4° 45’S o 6° 30’S Wes e n Indian Ocean, in which ou ism and ag icul u al ac i i ies a e he majo economic sec o s con ibu ing abou 28% and 40% o i s GDP espec i ely (WB, 2019). Zanziba is a pa o he Uni ed Republic o Tanzania, and consis s o wo main islands which a e Unguja and Pemba and wi h almos 50 o he small isle s (Mye s, 2010; RGZ, 2008). These wo islands a e loca ed 40 km o he mainland coas o Eas A ica in he Indian Ocean (Mye s, 2010). The wo main islands a e 50 km apa and a e sepa a ed by he 700 me e deep Pemba channel. Howe e , he cu en s udy uses he e m Zanziba e e ing o he island o Unguja as mos o he people li e in his island (Unguja), and because o Zanziba ci y loca ed in i (A S aeh , 2018). Acco ding o 2018 Na ional Bu eau o S a is ics (NBS) census epo , he o e all popula ion o Zanziba island (include Pemba) is abou 1,348,776 people and i s annual g ow h inc ease in a e y apid a e. In he ecen yea s, he popula ion g ow h a e o Zanziba has been epo ed o g ow a a a e o 3.4 % annually (NBS, 2018). Na u al popula ion g ow h is conside ed as he main agen o his high apid a e, bu o he ac o s including g owing o ou ism indus y and economic in luence has also a ac ed a signi ican numbe o mig an s om Tanzania mainland and o he pa s o Eas A ica, making his island o be one among he highly popula ed islands in he wo ld. Zanziba has a opical clima e wi h ou dis inc seasons. “Kaskazi” ( he ho season, which is be ween Decembe and Feb ua y and associa ed wi h ei he li le o no ains), “Masika” which is he long ainy season om Ma ch – May, “Kipupwe” ( he cold season, wi h s ong winds be ween June and Sep embe ), and “Vuli” which is e y sho ainy season om Oc obe – Decembe . The annual ain all o island is anging om 1600 mm o Unguja and 1900 mm o Pemba espec i ely, and he ai empe a u es is anging be ween 29 and 32ºC on a e age. Zanziba island was o iginally o es ed, bu p essu es like popula ion inc ease, human habi a ion and clima e change and a iabili y ha e esul ed in widesp ead clea ing o he o es and ege a ion co e (M. Kukkonen & Käyhkö, 2014). 10 Figu e 3. 1: S udy A ea-Zanziba The land co e pa e ns a ound Zanziba island a e gene ally dis ibu ed unde wo di e en soil classes, namely he deep soil and he co al ag a eas. The deep soil a eas a e mainly a ibu ed by pe manen cul i a ion and o es , while he la e co al ag a e cha ac e ized by cul i a ion and consequen sc ublands (RGZ, 2008). Howe e , all o hese wo soil classes a e no s able in e ms o i s land co e and bio ope cha ac e is ics. The hilly deep soil a eas a e epo ed o be mo e ulne able o soil e osion, highly land use demands and simul aneously acing popula ion p essu e, which all o hese in luences he apid and cons an changes in land co e pa e ns and na u al esou ce (M. Kukkonen & Käyhkö, 2014; Mye s, 2010). Al e na i ely, shi ing cul i a ion cha ac e ized in co al ag a eas c ea e a cons an elemen o changes, which unde he p essu e o diminishing a ea due o comme cial and conse a ion land use may leads owa ds de e io a ion o ecosys ems and aluable na u al esou ces (Mye s, 2010). 11 4. DATA AND METHODS 4.1. Desc ip ion o he da a Da a om di e en sou ces we e used o achie e he objec i es o his s udy. A e y i s s ages, he emo e sensed sa elli e images o Zanziba island (Table 4. 1) a di e en ime we e ob ained om USGS websi e (www.ea hexplo e .usgs.go /), and hen compa ed based on hei di e en empo al phenomenon. In ha sense, h ee mul ispec al Landsa images o he yea 2003, 2009 and 2018 wi h spa ial esolu ion o 30 m we e downloaded om USGS websi e (Table 4.1). Ancilla y da a ep esen ing biophysical p ope ies ha we e conside ed o in luence land use changes we e also applied in his analysis. These ancilla y da a we e ob ained by i s downloading hei o iginal shape iles including Zanziba oad, p o ec ed o es , buildings and illages as well as coas al egion om (www.zansdi.en i onmen . i ). By means o digi al ele a ion model (DEM) which was ob ained om ( h p://openda a. cm d.o g ), we calcula e he dis ance o each o hese a iables o c ea e he biophysical p ope ies o dis ance o he oad, dis ance o he buildings, dis ance o he coas , dis ance o he o es and slope (Table 4.2). P o ec ed a eas including p o ec ed o es , go e nmen al ag icul u al ield, as well as open and es ic ed zones we e also used o ep esen he cons ain s o land co e changes in he s udy egion. These p o ec ed a eas da a we e ob ained by eclassi ying he 2012 Zanziba LULC map which was ob ained om Zanziba commission o land (COLA) o c ea e a Boolean map o 0 o p o ec ed a eas and 1 o all o he classes (Figu e 4.3). 12 Da ase Desc ip ion P ojec ion Resolu ion Sou ce Landsa 7, ETM+ Raw = 064, pa h = 166, Da e: 14/01/2003 WGS 1984, UTM Zone 37N 30 m www.ea hexplo e .usgs.go / Landsa 5 TM Raw = 064, pa h = 166, Da e: 1/07/2009 WGS 1984, UTM Zone 37N 30 m www.ea hexplo e .usgs.go / Landsa 7, ETM+ Raw = 064, pa h = 166, Da e: 18/07/2018 WGS 1984, UTM Zone 37N 30 m www.ea hexplo e .usgs.go / Digi al Ele a ion Model (DEM) SRTM Clipped om Tanzania Dem WGS 1984, UTM Zone 37N STRM 30 m h p://openda a. cm d.o g Table 4.1: Sa elli e Da a 4.1.1. Ex e nal a iables In modeling LULC change o a speci ic a ea, he a iables in luencing o con olling he land co e change on ha a ea should be p ope ly used as independen a iables, and he LU maps should be used as dependen a iables. The inclusion o independen a iables in land change modeling is e y essen ial since hese a iables ensu e he u u e land co e maps a e always p edic ed wi h exis ing pa e ns and d i e s o changes in ha egion (Bulley, & Fü s , 2017). In his s udy, he selec ion o independen a iables was based on e iews ela ed o simila models, esea ches conduc ed in o he de eloping coun ies as well as he local ci cums ances o Zanziba island. In ha sense, he a iables slope, dis ance o he oad, dis ance o he o es , dis ance o buildings, dis ance o he coas and p o ec ed a eas we e all selec ed as independen a iables o simula e he u u e land co e change o Zanziba ci y. The a iable “slope “was chosen o ep esen he biophysical condi ions o he s udy a ea. Acco ding o (Liu, 2009; A sanjani e al., 2013), he la opog aphy has much in luence on land co e changes han ugged opog aphy, and his heo y has al eady been used in many simila models wi h posi i e esul s (Zhao e al., 2014). “Dis ance o he oads” and “dis ance o he o es ” we e all connec ed o economic ci cums ances. The chosen o dis ance o he o es in economic ac o s is connec ed wi h he ac ha in Zanziba , he cus oms o con e ing o es ed land in o ei he buil -up a eas o a mland is one o he majo eason o land-use dynamics, and his is highly caused by he economic si ua ion o Zanziba popula ion (M. Kukkonen & Käyhkö, 2014). This a iable is also ela ed o local 13 spa ial policies o bidding any cons uc ions o de elopmen ac i i ies in p o ec ed o es (M. Kukkonen & Käyhkö, 2014). We ega d “dis ance o he coas ” and “dis ance o buildings” o be connec ed in he social ac o s. In his case, he a iable “dis ance o he coas ” con i ms he global end owa ds highe quan i ies o land-use changes in coas al egions (Ebada i, 2018). And o he second a iable “dis ance o he buildings” exp ess he local social and planning condi ions o Zanziba , in which he houses a e buil ela i ely close o each o he due o subdi isions o small landholdings. In o he case, his phenomenon is also ela ed o spa ial in e ac ions, p o ided ha he land-use changes a e highly a ac ed by simila changes in hei neighbo ing a eas (M. O. Kukkonen e al., 2018; Toble sFi s Lawo Geog aphy, n.d.). And in he case o he emaining a iable “p o ec ed a eas”, i has been used o ep esen he local spa ial policies ha ha e ei he obs uc ed o indi ec ly s imula ed land-use dynamics (M. O. Kukkonen e al., 2018). Da ase Desc ip ion P ojec ion Resolu ion Sou ce Dis - - oad Vec o con e ed o as e ; Euclidian dis ance o he oad WGS 1984, UTM Zone 37N Re-sampled o 30m www.zansdi.en i onmen . i (Commission o Land adminis a ion Zanziba ) Dis - - build Vec o con e ed o as e ; Euclidian dis ance o he building WGS 1984, UTM Zone 37N Re-sampled o 30m www.zansdi.en i onmen . i Dis - - o es Vec o con e ed o as e ; Euclidian dis ance o he building WGS 1984, UTM Zone 37N Re-sampled o 30m www.zansdi.en i onmen . i Dis - - coas Vec o con e ed o as e ; Euclidian dis ance o he beaches WGS 1984, UTM Zone 37N Re-sampled o 30m www.zansdi.en i onmen . i slope Slope calcula ed om digi al ele a ion model WGS 1984, UTM Zone 37N Re-sampled o 30m h p://openda a. cm d.o g P o ec ed a eas/ Cons ain Vec o con e ed o as e ; Reclassi y o ha e 0 o p o ec ed a eas and 1 o all o he classes WGS 1984, UTM Zone 37N Re-sampled o 30m www.zansdi.en i onmen . i (Commission o Land adminis a ion Zanziba Table 4. 2: Ex e nal Va iables 14 4.2. Me hods The o e all me hodology o his s udy was ca ied ou in o h ee majo s eps (Figu e 4.1). Fi s , he land use land co e classi ica ion was pe o med using andom o es classi ie o gene a e h ee LULC maps o 2003, 2009 and 2018. Nex he land co e maps o he u u e scena ios we e modeled using land change modele o he Te Se 18.3 so wa e. And inally, he ecological isk indices o each map and each dis ic o Zanziba we e calcula ed by i s compu ing he landscape me ics using LECOS plugin in QGIS 3.8, ollowed by applying he o mulas om a ious li e a u es o ERI assessmen (Xue e al., 2019; F. Zhang e al., 2018; X. Zhang e al., 2013). 4.2.1. Image classi ica ion P e-p ocessing o all h ee sa elli e images (2003, 2009 and 2018), Zanziba adminis a i e bounda y, oge he wi h all ancilla y da a Shape iles, was pe o med by using A cGIS 10.6. All da ase s we e p ojec ed o WGS 1984, UTM Zone 37S coo dina e sys em, ollowed by band combina ion, clipping o he s udy egion, and esampling o each one o hem o appea in he same spa ial esolu ion o 30 m. T aining Samples Shape ile o i e classes including buil -up, g assland, o es , we land and a mland we e gene a ed by digi izing each o he sa elli e images. Wi h hese gene a ed i e land Figu e 4. 1: Me hodological amewo k 21 4.5.2. T ansi ion po en ial A e inishing he i s s ep o change analysis, he nex s ep was o es he explana o y powe o each ex e nal a iable, as well as selec ing ansi ion sub-models ha a e ele an in he p edic ion o he u u e scena ios. The e o e, in his s age, i s , he C ame ’s powe o all ex e nal a iables we e es ed o iden i y all a iables wi h a po en ial explana o y powe . These C ame ’s powe a e anging om 0 – 1, in which he a iables wi h a leas 0.15 C ame ’s alue a e conside ed o be po en ial in land use changes, whe eas hose ha ing alue om 0.4 onwa d a e much po en ial (Eas man, 2006). The esul s o C ame ’s powe o each es ed a iable a e illus a ed in (Table 4.1) below. Explana o y Va iable O e all C ame ’s V alue Dis ance o buildings 0.2852 Dis ance o oad 0.1836 Dis ance o he coas al a ea 0.1653 Dis ance o he o es 0.1354 Slope 0.0725 Res ic ed a eas 0.1932 Table 4. 3: C ame 's powe o ex e nal a iables Due o he lowe C ame ’s alue, nega i e in luence on he modelling esul s, as well as less li e a u es in o ma ion ega ding o Slope issues in Zanziba , his a iable was excluded in analysis. In he same sense, he a iable dis ance o he o es was also emo ed om he analysis due i s lowe C ame ’s powe and i s nega i e in luence on he analysis accu acy. The e o e, only h ee ex e nal ac o s including dis ance o he building, dis ance o he oad and dis ance o he coas , and one cons ain map o each scena io (excep o ex eme scena io, whe e cons ain s we e no employed) we e used in his analysis. The nex s ep was o combine all selec ed a iables ( ac o s and cons ain ) oge he wi h ansi ions sub-models be ween 2003 and 2009 and employ Mul i-Laye Pe cep on (MLP) o gene a e ansi ion po en ial o 2018 land co e map p edic ion. Mul i-Laye pe cep on (MLP) is a eed o wa d a i icial neu al ne wo k (ANN) composed wi h one o mul iple laye s including inpu , ou pu and hidden laye s be ween inpu and ou pu laye . The e m eed- o wa d me hod implying ha he da a lows in one di ec ion om inpu o ou pu . 22 The main algo i hm o his model is compu ing he linea ou pu om nonlinea inpu s acco ding o he weigh s by using a nonlinea ac i a ion unc ion (Ga dne & Do ling, 1998). MLP employs a supe ised lea ning echnique called backp opaga ion o aining. The back- p opaga ion algo i hm composed o wo s eps which a e o wa d pass and backwa d pass. In he o wa d pass, ac i a ion ansmi s om inpu o ou pu laye which means ha he signal low mo es om he inpu laye h ough he hidden laye s o he ou pu laye . While in backwa d pass e o s p opaga ed om ou pu o hidden laye (Ga dne & Do ling, 1998). To model land-use ansi ions in LCM, ei he Logis ic Reg ession, SimWeigh o MLP neu al ne wo k can be applied. Howe e , in his s udy, he MLP neu al ne wo k was applied because o i s capabili y o unning mul iple ansi ions o up o 9 pe sub-model as well as explana o y a iables a once (Eas man, 2006). To achie e he be e accu acy on he esul s o Mul i-Laye Pe cep on only majo land co e ansi ions oge he wi h only he d i e ’s a iables wi h highe C ame ’s powe should be included in he ansi ion sub-model (Eas man, 2006). Based on his p inciple, oge he wi h he in o ma ion om li e a u es ega ding on s udy egion, only six majo ansi ions including g assland o buil -up, o es o buil -up, g assland o a mland, o es o g assland, o es o a mland and a mland o g assland we e selec ed in his s udy. Toge he wi h ou selec ed a iables, a Mul i-laye pe cep on was employed wi h an accu acy o 68.4% o gene a e he ansi ion po en ials (Figu e 4.5) ha we e hen used by Ma ko chain me hod o p edic he Land use map o he yea 2018. The same p ocedu es we e also applied o model he 2027 maps. 23 Figu e 4. 4: T ansi ion Po en ial 2003 - 2009 4.5.3. Change p edic ion The hi d s age in modeling u u e scena ios was o pe o m change p edic ion o a u u e speci ied da e o he alloca ion o land co e changes. In his s age, he de aul p ocedu e in LCM (Ma ko Chain analysis) was applied o de e mine he amoun o changes a a da e o 2018 based on his o ical land co e maps o 2003-2009. He e, he algo i hm de e mines exac ly how much land would be expec ed o ansi ion om he la e da e (2009) o he p edic ion da e (2018) based on a p ojec ion o he ansi ion po en ials maps ha was gene a ed and hen c ea es a ansi ion p obabili ies ile (Eas man, 2006). Wi h his ansi ion p obabili ies ile, wo p edic o s maps which a e so p edic ion map and a ha d p edic ion map we e gene a ed. While a so p edic ion map is a con inuous mapping o ulne abili y o change which p o ides an indica ion o he deg ee o which he a eas ha e he igh condi ions o p ecipi a e change in 2018, a ha d p edic ion map is an ac ual p ojec ed map o 2018, in which each pixel is assigned one land co e class; he class ha i is mos likely o become (Eas man, 2006). 24 4.5.4. Model alida ion To ensu e he p edic i e abili y and pe o mance o he model. Model alida ion and calib a ion mus be pe o med be o e s a ing he p edic ion o LU changes o he speci ied da e. Pe o ming alida ion o he model is a e y impo an s ep because he e iciency and usabili y o he model a e always depending on he ou pu o he alida ion ( an Vlie e al., 2016). Since se e al s udies ha e al eady p oposed he usage o he con usion ma ix (Congal on, 2001) in assessing he accu acy and pe o mance o he model, we also compu e he con usion ma ix by pe o ming c oss- abula ion o compa e he ac ual and simula ed maps o 2018. The con usion ma ix which was gene a ed a e pe o ming c oss- abula ion was hen used o calcula e he o e all accu acy, use accu acies, p oduce accu acies, and kappa coe icien . In addi ion o ha , wo o he kappa coe icien s we e also compu ed o gain mo e in o ma ion on he pe o mance o he model. The o he wo kappa coe icien s a e Khis o and Kloca ion. Acco ding o Se na, (2011), Khis o is used o measu e he simila i ies in he numbe o cells be ween simula ed and e e ence maps. In o he wo ds, his kappa is esponsible o measu ing quan i a i e simila i y be ween wo compa ed maps. In ano he case, Kloca ion is used o measu e he simila i ies in he spa ial dis ibu ion o classes bu does no di e en ia e be ween classes ha a e close o dis an and i is independen o he o al numbe o cells pe class (Se na, 2011). 25 4.6. Calcula ion o Ecological isk indices The inal s ep o ou analysis was o compu e ecological isk indices o each LULC map, as well as o each dis ic o Zanziba island and hen compa ing hei esul s. This s age was done in wo majo s eps. Fi s he landscape me ics (pa ch numbe and pa ch a ea) o each LULC maps was calcula ed using LECOS plugin in QGIS 3.8, and hen he o mulas desc ibed in sec ion 4.6.1 below we e used o calcula e ecological isk indices o each map. Ecological Risk index (ERI) P o ide an indica o s o he nega i e en i onmen al impac s ha may occu o a e occu ing due o one o mo e ex e nal ac o s (USEPA, 1992; Hakanson, 1980; Hunsake e al., 1990, X. Zhang e al., 2013) . Ma hema ically: 𝐸𝑅𝐼=∑𝐴𝑘𝑖 𝐴𝑘 𝑛 𝑖=1 𝑅𝑖 Whe e: ERI: The ecological isk index o he isk a ea Ak: is he o al a ea o k h egion Aki = is he i h landscape a ea/class a ea Ri: is he i h landscape/class loss index which can be calcula ed h ough o mula below. 𝑅𝑖=𝐹𝑖∗𝑆𝑖 Whe e: Fi, is he ecological agili y index which is e e ed as he abili y o a landscape o esis he human dis u bance. Acco ding o Zhang e al (2013), and he knowledge o ou s udy egion, he Fi alue o 5 o buil up, 4 o wa e body, 3 o g ass land, 2 o a m land and 1 o o es we e used in his s udy. Addi ionally, o an e ec i e esul , hese alues we e no malized be o e di ec ly being used in calcula ions o ecological isk index. Si is he landscape dis u bance deg ee index o i h landscape (Jin e al., 2019), which can also be calcula ed ia a o mula. 𝑆𝑖=𝑎𝐶𝑖+𝑏𝑁𝑖+𝑐𝐷𝑖 26 Whe e: Ci: Land scape agmen a ion, i e lec s he changes in landscape s uc u e and ecological p ocess, 𝐶𝑖=𝑛𝑖 𝐴𝑘𝑖 Ni: Land scape isola ion, e e s o he deg ee o sepa a ion o pa ches in a gi en landscape ype, 𝑁𝑖=𝐴𝑘 2𝐴𝑘𝑖√𝑛𝑖 𝐴𝑘 Di: Landscape dominance index, desc ibe he dominance o pa ches in a gi en landscape, 𝐷𝑖=𝑄𝑖+𝑀𝑖+𝐿𝑖 3 ni: Is pa ch numbe o i h land scape, Qi: Ra io o he cell wi h i h pa ch and o al cell, Mi: Ra io o he numbe o i h pa ches o o al pa ches and Li: Ra io o i h pa ch a ea o he o al a ea. And a, b and c: ep esen he weigh o Ci, Ni and Di espec i ely whe e a + b + c = 1 (Zhang e al, 2013). 27 5. RESULTS 5.1. LULC changes 2003 - 2018 Figu e 5.1 below illus a e he LULC classi ied maps o he yea 2003-2009. As i can be seen, he isual in e p e a ion o he classi ied images explo es ex ensi e changes in a ious land co e classes in he s udy egion especially he apid expansion o buil up a ea as well as dec ease in o es co e . The high inc ease in buil -up a ea is highly exposed in eas e n zone o he s udy egion which a e nea o he u ban cen e o Zanziba island. Figu e 5. 1: LULC classi ied maps o he yea 2003-2018 28 5.2. Accu acy assessmen Accu acy assessmen o each land use map was pe o med in o de o ind classi ica ion e o s and make he p oduced land co e maps become eliable and easily in e p e able by use s. Kappa coe icien , o e all accu acy, use accu acy as well as p oduce accu acy we e all calcula ed and he assessmen esul s we e summa ized in ( able 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3) below. The assessmen esul s o each o he p oduced land co e maps p o ide an o e all accu acy anging om 74% - 78%, and o e all kappa coe icien which is anging om 0.68 – 0.71. On he o he hand, he use s and p oduce ’s accu acies compu ed o each o he classi ied maps we e all abo e 65%. These esul s indica ing ha he classi ied images ha e me a good le el o accu acy and hus hey a e sa is ying o he s udy analysis. In all o he h ee classi ied images, he we land has shown a high use ’s accu acy (80% - 89%) compa ed wi h o he land use classes. This implied ha he majo i y o hei pixels we e co ec ly classi ied in hei espec i e classes. Howe e , in each classi ied image ei he a mland, g assland o o es co e p o ides a minimum use s o p oduce s accu acy (63%-80%). The maximum use ’s accu acies p o ided by he we land can be jus i ied by hei dis inc i e cha ac e is ics in compa isons wi h o he LU classes. This cha ac e is ic makes hem easily being disc imina ed by classi ica ion algo i hms agains o he land use classes du ing he classi ica ion p ocess. Howe e , on ano he side, he lowes use s and p oduce ’s accu acies o a mland, g assland and o es co e can be explained by hei spec al p ope y simila i ies among hem (Mel ille, Luciee , & A yal, 2018). o e all accu acy 76% kappa 0.69 LULC classes Buil -up Fo es g assland a mland We land To al Use accu acy Buildup 32 0 5 3 2 42 76% Fo es 2 37 6 0 1 46 80% G assland 1 6 36 6 1 50 72% Fa mland 5 5 3 31 0 44 70% We land 0 2 0 0 16 18 88% To al 40 50 50 40 20 200 P oduce s accu acy 80% 74% 72% 77% 80% Table 5. 1: Con usion ma ix o LULC map o he yea 2003 29 O e all accu acy 78% kappa 0.71 LULC classes Buil -up Fo es g assland a mland We land To al Use accu acy Buildup 34 2 2 3 3 44 77% Fo es 0 41 9 0 1 51 80% G assland 1 3 35 8 0 47 74% a mland 5 3 3 29 0 40 73% We land 0 1 1 0 16 18 89% To al 40 50 50 40 20 200 P oduce s accu acy 85% 82.00% 70% 72% 80% Table 5. 2: Con usion ma ix o LULC map o he yea 2009 O e all accu acy 75% kappa 0.68 LULC classes Buil -up Fo es g assland a mland We land To al Use accu acy Buildup 33 1 1 4 2 41 80% Fo es 1 39 6 3 0 49 79% G assland 1 6 34 6 1 48 70% a mland 5 1 9 26 0 41 63% We land 0 3 0 1 17 21 80% To al 40 50 50 40 20 200 P oduce s accu acy 82% 78.00% 68% 65% 85% Table 5. 3: Con usion ma ix o LULC map o he yea 2018 30 5.3. LULC changes 2003 - 2018 The s a is ical esul s co esponding o LULC change in he s udy a eas (Table 5.4) indica ing ha , he e is an ex ensi e inc ease in he buil -up a ea as equi alen o he dec ease in o es co e . The buil -up a ea o Zanziba island has been expanding om 4132.44 Hec a e in he yea 2003 o 7201.35 Hec a e in 2018. These a eal changes in he buil -up a ea make up o 42.6% inc ease in cons uc ion land o only 15 yea s’ (2003-2018) pe iod (2.84% inc ease annually). The Fa mland/ag icul u al land has also shown a p og essi e expansion wi hin hese 15 yea s o he s udy, in which 31.7% (2.1% annually) o ag icul u al land we e inc eased. Fo he o es co e and we land, he ends on hei land co e changes ha e shown a con inuously dec easing, in which 15.8% o o es co e (1.05% annually) and 24.6% o we land (1.64% annually) we e disappea ed. Howe e , in he case o g assland, he end in i s LULC changes does no show a smoo h a ia ion. This is because, in he i s 6 yea s (2003-2009), he g ass co e o he s udy a ea has been dec eased by 4.5%, ollowed by inc easing o 7.48% o he nex 9 yea s (2009 – 2018). LULC classes A ea (ha) (2003) A ea (ha) (2009) A ea ( (2018) % changes (2003-2009) % changes (2009-2018) % changes (2003-2018) Buil -up 4132.44 5081.94 7201.35 18.68 29.43 42.62 Fo es 73329.39 69460.56 61692.03 -5.28 -11.18 -15.87 Fa mland 22171.77 27669.15 29206.17 24.79 5.26 31.73 G assland 56569.41 54107.73 58484.43 -4.55 7.48 3.27 We land 1925.55 1809.18 1544.58 -6.43 -17.13 -24.66 Table 5. 4: LULC a eal s a is ics om 2003 -2018 This apid LULC changes o se e al land co e classes wi hin he s udy egion could be a ibu ed by he imp ope way o managing he land including he high a e o in o mal se lemen , casual a ming me hods as well as he highe le el o de o es a ion ac i i ies in Zanziba (M. O. Kukkonen e al., 2018). 37 The ex eme scena io shows a e y high inc ease in ERI end compa ed o hose o business as usual and conse a ion scena io (Table 5.10). Howe e , i has o be no ed he e ha , al hough in ex eme scena ios he e was no cons ain s ha was employed, i ’s ERI is mo e likely o be applicable in Zanziba e en mo e han ha o business as usual. This is due o he ac ha in Zanziba he de elopmen and cons uc ion o buildings in a andom way and wi hou ollowing es ic ions and go e nmen egula ions a e one among he common and majo p oblem acing u ban planning and hus hey make no much signi icance in he land change esul s ob ained by employing cons ain in e e y p o ec ed a ea. In summa y, he o e all ERI o he s udy a ea shows an inc easing end om 2003 o 2027. Whe eas, he e is also a signi ican change (mos ly inc easing) in he numbe o pa ches, agmen a ion and sepa a ion indices as well as a con inuous dec ease in he g ea es pa ch a ea o he o es , a mland, and g assland. Yea /Scena io O e all ERI % Changes 2003 0.0714 - 2009 0.0867 17.7 2018 0.0957 9.4 BAU 0.1020 6.2 EXTREME 0.1050 8.9 CONSERVATION 0.1002 4.6 Table 5. 10: O e all Ecological isk index changes 2003 – 2027 Figu e 5. 5: T ends o o e all ERI om 2003 - 2027 38 5.5.3. Dis ibu ion o ERI pe dis ic While compa ing he dis ibu ions o ERI a a dis ic le el (Figu e 5.6 and Table 5.11), i appea s ha he dis ic s U ban-wes , No h A and No h B expe iences he high and p og essi ely inc eases in hei ERI alues, while he ERI o he U ban dis ic s seems o be s able. The ex ensi e inc eases in ERI o hese h ee dis ic s could be highly in luenced by he high a e o casual ag icul u al ac i i ies, ou ism ac i i ies as well as in o mal housing in hese egions. In he case o he h ee u u e scena ios, he esul s show ha he ex eme scena io p o ides he highe ERI inc eases in almos all dis ic s o Zanziba especially in No h A and No h B whe e he inc ease in ERI alues co esponding o he ex eme scena io a e 23.5% and 17.92 espec i ely. The conse a ion scena io in o he case shows he ai ERI esul s in almos i e dis ic s o Zanziba excep o he No h A dis ic which show he highe inc eases in ERI o all o he 2027 scena ios. Dis ic T end o ERI Change (%) 2003-2009 2009-2018 2018-2027 BAU 2018-2027 EXTREM 2018-2027 CONSERVATION No h A 16.63 8.95 18.51 23.45 17.13 No h B 9.89 14.78 13.51 17.92 2.79 Cen al 10.37 4.39 10.82 8.64 1.82 Sou h 10.37 10.63 10.94 8.35 3.67 Wes 14.57 23.41 5.39 11.61 6.93 U ban -1.35 5.27 0.24 2.19 0.49 Table 5. 11: ERI Changes by dis ic 2003-2027 39 Figu e 5. 6: T end o ERI pe dis ic 2003 - 2027 40 6. DISCUSSION This s udy was employed o assess ecological isk condi ions in Zanziba based on land co e change, wi h he ocus o p o iding a holis ic unde s anding o land co e dynamics and hei en i onmen al impac s along wi h p e en ing unmanaged g ow h and andom de elopmen o in o mal housing and in as uc u e. Based on Random Fo es Classi ie , Mul i-Laye Pe cep on (ANN) and Ma ko Chain, we success ully assessed he end o land-use dynamics om 2003- 2018 i s and hen he land use maps o 2027 was p edic ed. LECOS plugin in QGIS 3.8 was e ec i ely applied o calcula e landscape me ics in land use maps and hen employed hem o calcula e ecological isk indices o he landscape. These indices including sepa a ion, agili y, dominance, loose as well as o e all ecological isk index o he landscape. Du ing he i s s ages o analyzing land-use dynamics, we ha e ealized ha Zanziba Ci y has expe ienced a end o apid land-use changes and ex ensi e buil -up expansion mos ly in a eas nea exis ing buildings, and some o he coas al zones. The esponse dis ance o he buildings and dis ance o coas a iable suppo s his obse a ion as hey p o ide he highe C amme ’s alues ensu ing ha hese a iables ha e a g ea in luence on land co e dynamics in Zanziba . I he cu en end con inues, he buil -up expansion o Zanziba ci y will be expanded o mo e han 40% by 2027. The La ge pa o ag icul u al and o es ed land has al eady been agmen ed o housing pa cels. And because o hese, he nega i e en i onmen al e ec s ele an o land esou ces, such as loss o na u al o es s, open c opland, and we lands ha e been al eady being highly des oyed in Zanziba (M. H. Ali & Sulaiman, 2006). This is somewha ala ming ha he go e nmen should en o ce es ic ions and s ong land policies lea ing he emaining land co e classes o s op being u he des oyed. The analysis esul s gi e no signs indica ing ha hese land-use changes and ex ensi e buil -up expansion would a leas decline in he u u e. And his is possibly caused by he poo quali y o housing and minimum go e nmen e o s o en o ce he op imal usage o land esou ces in Zanziba island (Ameyibo e al., 2003). While analyzing he o e all ecological isk indices o he landscape, he esul s sc eened ha , he o e all ERI o Zanziba Ci y has been cons an ly g own om 2003 onwa d. This end is pa allel o he inc ease in he numbe o smalle pa ches o some land co e classes, ela i e o he dec easing in hei la ges pa ch a eas. 41 The obse a ion o he u u e scena ios p o ide he wo s ecological isk indices o he ex eme whe eas conse a ion scena io p o ides a li le ai esul s. The d as ic ecological isk sco es p o ided by ex eme scena io, sugges ed ha , he land use es ic ions in Zanziba should be p ope ly espec ed, a leas by p ope ly u ilizing he al eady exis ing land policies and es ic ions. Finally, i would be e y impo an o highligh ha , in his s udy we ha e assessed ecological isk indices o Zanziba island wi h land co e change using ee sa elli e da a. This p ocess equi ed a consis en and accu a e land co e da a o he pu pose o p o iding eliable and accu a e in o ma ion. Howe e , i was a bi challenge in acqui ing ee sa elli e images wi h desi ed s anda d and a desi ed ime. This is due o he geog aphical egion o Zanziba island making mos o hei sa elli e images being co e ed wi h cloud. In ha sense, i akes a much ime o sea ch and acqui e he needed sa elli e da a, and e en hough he image o 2018 ha was ob ained was no in e y good quali y and con ain some scanned lined which somehow a ec ed he analysis esul s. Howe e , in u u e hese esul s can be imp o ed by using mo e accu a e and upda e da a, as well as inco po a ing ex ensi e land co e change d i e s. 42 7. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS The indings in his esea ch suppo he e idence o he ecen s udy which ound ha he apid land-use changes in Zanziba ha e imposed an in ensi e deg ada ion in he ecosys em o Zanziba (A S aeh , 2018). The main d i e s behind his in ensi e deg ada ion a e inc easing in uncon olled and poo ly managed in o mal housing, high a e o casual a ming and imp o ised plan in he ou ism sec o (WB, 2019). E idence has been clea ly exposed by inc easing he agmen a ion index, sepa a ion index, loss index as well as o e all ERI o he en i e landscape. In o de o educe such kind o h ea s, mo e sys ema ic app oaches in he ecological assessmen a e equi ed. Coope a i e esea ch among esea ch g oups, land planne s, and all o he s akeholde s including ou ism sec o s should be highly en o ced as a ool o moni o and ecommend a long- e m plan o sus ainable ecosys ems in Zanziba . In u u e scena ios, he indings ha e p o en ha disobeying land policies and egula ions can in luence a d as ic shock o he ecological condi ions o Zanziba in he u u e. This has been p o en by he esul s o an ex eme scena io which was e y wo s . Conse a ion scena io o somehow had shown li le in luence on di ec ing u u e land co e changes and ecological isk con ol, bu howe e , he esul s we e only mode a e and he e o e i is eally impo an o he go e nmen o ake a special e o on se ing up new land-use app oaches such as p omo ing he densi ica ion o e ical buildings a he han elying in one- loo ho izon al buildings. In gene al, all o he indings in his s udy can p o ide use ul insigh s o land-use planne s and policymake s ega ding he cu en ends and u u e p ojec ion o land co e changes in Zanziba , he ac o s d i ing hese changes as well as he e ec ha hey ha e imposed in hei ecological heal h. This can help he esponsible au ho i ies on se ing up he p ope ules and egula ions on land use con ol. The s udy also assessed he ecological heal h condi ions o he Zanziba islands in h ee di e en scena ios. In his case, he esul s can se e as he basic no ion in explo ing he sus ainabili y o he landscape s uc u e o he Zanziba island as well as i s ecological heal h secu i y unde a ious land-use p ac ices. This can con ibu e o he designa ion o he app op ia e s a egies owa d he land use managemen so ha a sys ema ic balance be ween economic and sus ainable ecosys ems can be main ained. 43 Bibliog aphic Re e ences A S aeh , P. (2018). Managing human p essu es o es o e ecosys em heal h o zanziba coas al wa e s. 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