Land use/cover change analysis is a major tool in studies of sustainable development. Yola of recent is characterized by intensive and extensive developments in housing, educational institutes, commercial buildings and small scale industries. Image differencing via the Image subtraction module in ENVI 4.5 (ITT Virtual Information Solution, 2008) was utilised as a tool to analyse LANDSAT ETM+ Images of the study area for years 1998, 2001, 2005, 2009 & 2013. The analysis revealed an unplanned expansion and intensification in land development which led to conversion of wetlands in Anguwan Magaji, Mbamba and Bole to housing settlement. Furthermore, farmlands and open spaces with the potentials f Download
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