1. Project Study of Changes in Land Use in
Phuttamonton Nakonpathom by using
Geoinformatics.
Researcher Mukkarin Sengproe and Pathompong
Pruekprasert
Advisor Sirirat Pongpipattanapan
Department Social studies and arts
School Mahidol Wittayanusorn
Academic year 2009
Abstract
Phuttamonthon is connected to Bangkok. There
are many routes connecting between Phuttamonton
and Bangkok. Mahidol University is also located in
Nakonpathom. The facts cause land use to change
rapidly. Study of Changes in Land Use can be
beneficial for the management of the area.
Data used in this study are satellite images
acquired in 2005 and 2008 from SPOT-5 and Land
Use Database of Phuttamonthon in 2006. In this
study types of land use are divided into 5 categories:
rice fields, orchards and fields, urban and built-up
lands, water bodies, and miscellaneous. ArcGIS 9.1
is software used in this program to calculate the
changes of land use by Overlay Technique.
The results show that the large percentage of
land in Phuttamonthon in 2005 is used as rice fields
covering 29,900,625 m2
of area. In 2008 the large
percentage of land in Phuttamonthon is used as rice
fields as well, 37,157,751 m2
. From 2005 to 2008
the area of rice fields has increased the most,
7,257,126 m2
, whereas the area of orchards and
fields has decreased the most, 8,371,168 m2
. The
reason for the changes is that the government
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2. insured the rice price during the period from 2005 to
2008.
Note : Changes in Land Use, Phuttamonthon,
Geoinformatics
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