Land Use/Land Cover Changes in a Disturbed River Watershed Kenya

Abstract Drivers of land use change were captured by the DPSIR model where (D) represented human needs, Pressures (P), activities, State (S), ecosystem, Impact (I) services from ecosystem and Response (R), decisions taken users. Land sat MSS ETM+ (path 185, row 31) used in this study. The image (June 1987, May, 2000 July, 2014) was downloaded USGS Earth Resources Observation Systems data website. Remote sensing processing performed using ERDAS Imagine 9.1. Two use/land cover (LULC) classes established as forest shrub land. Severe changes found to have occurred 1987-2000, reduced −19%, forestry −72%. In – 2014 by-45%, −64%. Forestry be consistently reducing.