Meet the editor

Dr. Appiah-Opoku is a professor of geography at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA. He teaches world regional geography, regional geography of Africa, environmental management, land use regulation, principles of planning, regional planning and analysis, and a summer abroad course. He is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners and the author of two books. He has edited three other books. His

research focuses on environmental assessment, ecotourism, transportation planning, international development issues, and regional planning. He has served on the international editorial board of the *Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment Review* since 2003 and has published scholarly articles in several renowned journals including *Habitat International*, *Transport Research Part A: Policy and Practice*, *Journal of Urban Planning and Development*, *Journal of Transport and Health*, *Environmental Management*, *Journal of Cultural Geography*, and *Plan Canada*. He was a member of the Technical Advisory Team that advised the government of Ghana on the preparation of a 40-year development plan for the country in 2015.

Contents

**Section 1**

of the USA

of Ethiopia

**Section 2**

*Tulsi P. Kharel and Umakanta Mishra*

*by Achamyeleh Gashu Adam*

in Corentyne, Guyana *by Linda Johnson-Bhola*

Yunlin County, Taiwan

with Optimized Features

*Meng-Chin Tsai and Zhu-Shan Xie*

*by Selvaraj Rajesh and Gladima Nisia T.*

*Evi Wulanddri and Ludvig Forslund*

of Peatlands in Central Kalimantan in Indonesia

**Preface III**

Land Use Change and Sustainability **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 17**

**Chapter 3 33**

**Chapter 4 47**

Land Use Mapping and Sustainability **57**

**Chapter 5 59**

**Chapter 6 75**

*by Andrea Marcello Bassi, Johan Kieft, Esther Boer, Teuku Mahfuzh Aufar Kari,* 

Soil and Land-Use Change Sustainability in the Northern Great Plains

*by Deepak R. Joshi, David E. Clay, Alexander Smart, Sharon A. Clay,* 

Urban Built-Up Property Formation Process in the Peri-Urban Areas

Effects of Rural Land Tenure System on Mangroves Management

The Effects of Green Energy Production on Farmland: A Case Study in

*by Yu-Hsin Tsai, Tzu-Chin Lin, Shih-Yuan Lin, Stephan van Gasselt, Chia-Lin Chen, Chia-Hsin Hsu, Kuan-Ying Lin, Chia-Hsin Liu,* 

Land Cover/Land Use Mapping Using Soft Computing Techniques

Applying Systems Analysis to Evaluate Options for Sustainable Use
