Published August 4, 2025 | Version v1.0
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Land Use Change and Mangrove Conservation Strategies: A Spatial and Delphi-Based Analysis of the Gulf of Guayaquil (Ecuador)

Creators

  • 1. Faculty of Engineering in Earth Sciences, ESPOL Polytechnic University, ESPOL, Campus Gustavo Galindo, Km 30.5 Vía Perimetral, Guayaquil 090902, Ecuador
  • 2. Center for Research and Projects Applied to Earth Sciences, ESPOL Polytechnic University, ESPOL, Campus Gustavo Galindo, Km 30.5 Vía Perimetral, Guayaquil 090902, Ecuador
  • 3. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Production Sciences, ESPOL Polytechnic University, ESPOL, Campus Gustavo Galindo, Km 30.5 Vía Perimetral, Guayaquil 090902, Ecuador
  • 4. iuFOR, EiFAB, University of Valladolid, Soria, Spain; 42004
  • 5. SERVIR- Amazonia, Fundación EcoCiencia, Quito, Ecuador
  • 6. Earth Observation and Geoinformatics Division, National Institute for Space Research, Sao Jose dos Campos, 12227-010, Brazil
  • 7. Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, ESPOL Polytechnic University, ESPOL, Campus Gustavo Galindo, Km 30.5 Vía Perimetral, Guayaquil 090902, Ecuador

Description

This dataset contains land cover and land use maps for the Gulf of Guayaquil (Ecuador) from 2000 to 2024, generated using MapBiomas Ecuador Collection 2.0. The raster and vector files were reclassified into seven aggregated land cover categories to assess long-term changes, particularly in mangrove and aquaculture areas. The dataset includes classified LULC shapefiles of transitions for the years 2000, 2008, 2019, and 2022. All data were processed using ArcGIS Pro (version 3.2.0).

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Dates

Created
2024-02-16
Date the dataset was created