Landuse and landcover change is taken as a serious
problem in changing the environment, which in turn,
could lead to global climatic change and food
security. This change could be the result of
intricate interactions of socio economic and
biophysical situation like economic, technological
advancement, demography, and etc. This paper
examines the changes in land use-cover types in the
degraded environment of eastern Ethiopia over the
last 20 years, and how such changes have influenced
agricultural, local lakes and livelihoods
sustainability, especially in the Alemaya district....