Agricultural Land-Cover Change in the Lower Fraser Valley, 2015-2020
by Ezekiel, Oluwaseyi / Borealis Harvested Dataverse·Updated 1mo ago
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Description
Oluwaseyi Ezekiel's study assesses land-cover transitions in the Lower Fraser Valley, British Columbia, between 2015 and 2020. The analysis harmonizes two land-cover datasets to track changes between annual and perennial agriculture, forest, and other classes. Results show a decline in annual agriculture from 48,721 hectares to 18,062 hectares and an increase in perennial agriculture from 11,365 to 36,351 hectares over the five-year period.
Use Cases
Modeling agricultural landscape transitions based on harmonized land-cover classes.
Analyzing spatial adjacency and interspersion between annual and perennial crop types.
Identifying potential areas for perennial crop expansion based on spatial integration patterns.
Studying forest-to-agriculture conversion patterns, characterized by small, scattered patches.
Strengths
Provides specific hectare measurements for land-cover change between 2015 and 2020.
Uses a harmonized classification from two distinct land-cover datasets (Annual Crop Inventory and NALCMS).
Includes analysis of spatial configuration metrics, such as adjacency increasing from 3.4% to 13.9%.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
The dataset's spatial and temporal scope is limited to one Canadian region and a five-year period.