LAND USE CORRELATED WITH DISTANCE & TIME
CLASS DISTANCE FROM TIME
FROM ROAD/STATION RADUNA
RADUNA
Coefficients
S P S P s P
Settle
50
-0.
.09
-0 .
,27
0,
.22
0,
.09
-0.
,06
-0,
.21
ment
72
-0.
.45
-0 .
.36
-0,
.27
-0.
.15
-0.
,46
-0,
,35
Ch
-0.
.23
-0.
.23
-0.
.30
-0,
.20
-0.
,28
-0,
.26
Farm
50
-0,
.21
-0 .
. 14
-0,
.07
0.
.00
-0.
,39
-0,
.30
land
72
-0,
.31
-0.
.27
-0,
.01
0,
.06
-0.
,33
-0,
.26
Ch
-0.
. 18
-0.
.22
0.
.09
0.
.05
-0.
,04
-0,
.11
Grass/
50
0.
. 15
0.
.2
0,
.16
0.
.24
0
. 11
0,
.19
scrub
72
-0,
. 17
-0.
.16
-0,
.07
-0,
.05
-0.
24
-0,
.24
Ch
-0.
.20
-0.
.29
-0,
.24
-0,
.21
-0.
22
-0,
.30
Wood
50
-0,
.28
-0.
.24
-0,
.28
-0,
.24
-0.
,02
0,
.00
land
72
-0,
.13
-0.
.06
-0,
.13
-0,
.06
-0.
,41
0,
.43
Ch
0,
.32
0.
.39
0,
.09
0,
.17
0.
29
0,
.38
ch = changes ( to - from)
t - values (value at 95% confidence +/- 2.44
Settle
50
-0.84 -2.63 2.07
0.83 -0.55 -1.98
ment
72
-4.76 -3.58 -2.58
-1.37 -4.87 -3.49
Ch
-2.23 -2.25 -2.96
-1.91 -2.69 -2.61
Farm
50
-1.98 -1.31 -0.65
-0.01 -3.93 -2.93
land
72
-3.06 -2.06 -0.11
-0.56 -3.22 -2.56
Ch
-1.71 -2.12 0.82
0.47 -0.37 -1.05
Grass/
50
1.40 2.26 1.55
2.34 1.02 1.76
scrub
72
-1.60 -1.48 -0.61
-0.51 -2.27 -2.35
Ch
-1.89 -2.82 -2.29
-1.99 -2.08 -2.93
Wood
50
-2.75 -2.36 -2.75
-2.36 -0.22 0.03
land
72
-1.24 -0.54 -1.24
-0.54 4.15 4.42
Ch
3.2 4.01 0.80
1.62 2.82 3.82
(S)
Spearman's rank coeff
(P)
Pearson's prod-moment
coeff.
12. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The writer would like to thank Dr. W. G. Collins
of the Remote Sensing Unit at the University Of
Aston, Birmingham, UK for his cooperation and
assistance in this project.
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