Title Page
Contents
ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS 10
ABSTRACT 11
1. INTRODUCTION 12
1.1. Background 12
1.1. Problem Statement 12
1.2. Research Questions 13
1.3. Specific Objectives 13
1.4. Scope of the Study 14
1.5. Significance of the Study 14
1.6. Definition of Key Terms 14
1.6.1. Water Tower 14
1.6.2. Land Use 14
1.6.3. Land Cover 15
1.7. Organization of this Thesis 15
2. LITERATURE REVIEW 16
2.1. Land Use and Land Cover Change 16
2.2. Land Use Land Cover Changes and Catchment Hydrology 18
2.3. Population and Environment 18
3. MATERIALS AND METHODS 20
3.1. Study Area 20
3.2. Research Design 21
3.3. Data Collection 21
3.3.1. Land Use Land Cover Changes 21
3.3.2. Population Data 22
3.4. Data Analysis 22
3.4.1. Land Use Land Cover Changes 22
3.4.2. Population Dynamics 23
3.5. Forecast of Land Cover Change in Mau Water Tower 24
4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS 25
4.1. Land Cover Changes 25
4.1.1. Trend of Land Cover Change for Mau Water Tower within the Forest Boundary 25
4.1.2. Trend of Land Cover Change for Mau Water Tower 5km Buffer Zone 30
4.2. Implications of Observed Population Dynamics on the Land Cover Changes from 1986 to 2015 35
4.3. Forecast of Land Cover Change in Mau Water Tower To 2044 39
5. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 42
5.1. Conclusions 42
5.2. Recommendations 43
REFERENCES 45
요약 48
Table 4.1. Land Cover for Mau Water Tower for the Years 1986, 1995 and 2015 25
Table 4.2. Mau Water Tower Land Cover Change Matrix 1986-2015 30
Table 4.3. Land Cover within 5KM Buffer Zone(1986, 1995 and 2015) 31
Table 4.4. Land Cover Change Matrix of 5 KM Buffer Zone(1986-2015) 35
Table 4.5. Population of Districts Bounding the Study Area between 1979 and... 36
Figure 3.1. Map of Study Area 20
Figure 4.1. Mau Water Tower Land Cover Map for the Year 1986 26
Figure 4.2. Mau Water Tower Land Cover Map for the Year 1995 27
Figure 4.3. Mau Water Tower Land Cover Map for the Year 2015 28
Figure 4.4. Land Cover for Mau Water Tower for the Years 1986, 1995 and... 29
Figure 4.5. Land Cover of 5 KM Buffer Strip, 1986 32
Figure 4.6. Land Cover of 5 KM Buffer Strip, 1995 33
Figure 4.7. Land Cover of 5 KM Buffer Strip, 2015 34
Figure 4.8. Trend of Population Change in Counties Bounding Mau Water... 38
Figure 4.9. Pattern of Land Cover Change in Mau Water Tower, 1986-2044 40