1.3 Scope and limitations of the study
Scope and limitations of the study can briefly explained as follows.
Land use and land cover types in 1987, 2005 and 2007 will be classified by digital image processing and visual interpretation based on Landsat-TM data in 1987, 2005 and 2007
(2) Assessment of LULC and its change of Thap Lan National Park and 5
km buffer zone will be performed under GIS environment.
(3) Landscape metrics at landscape level include Dominance (D), Contagion
(C) and Fractal Dimension (F) will be extracted using FRAGSTAT to explain the
status and change of landscape.