ABSTRACT:
A minimum delineation unit of 5 mm x 5 mm was used for mapping. Data was then digitized using ILWIS, the by creating a digital database for further analysis. Subsequently land use maps were crossed with each other to identify and quantify the land use changes types. Finally, hot links and User Interface was developed so that the information can be provided to the user with a well-documented procedure. The system in this case will be operated from Arc / View environment. Development of policies, plans, projects or interventions are among the very important decisions in resource management. Planning should consider a variety of complex social, ecological, economic and cultural processes, and this requires proper tools, methods and procedures that integrate major processes in a planning support system. Land uses changes have been detected by image processing method in EDRAS imagine. Finally to predict the changes in urban habitants and land use/land cover changes occurred. Monitoring of land use/land cover changes which would help to plan development activities such as major schemes and for used requirements. Change detection has shown that the built up area increased between 1990 and 2005 by 15.83% from 6513.29 ha to 9300.97 ha. Also, the area with irrigated land farms have been decreased to 436.99 ha (2.48%) and the scrub land decreased to 5.19%.