Author(s)

Nguyen Thanh Hoan^1,2, Hoa Thuy Quynh¹, Le Minh Hang³, Nguyen Manh Ha^1,2, Hoang Thi Huyen Ngoc¹, Dang Xuan Phong^1,2

¹Institute of Geography, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam.
²Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam.
³Le Quy Don Technical University, Hanoi, Vietnam.

The Tan Rai Bauxite Project, which exploits a large bauxite mine in Lam Dong province, Vietnam has been in operation since 2012. In addition to the economic efficiency of the project, bauxite mining and processing uses a large area arable land and affect the regional environment. Remote sensing technology is increasingly widely used in many purposes in monitoring the changes of environment and resources, including land use change with high accuracy, giving managers more information to monitor the exploitation and use process of land resource. This study used a Change Vector Analysis (CVA) method of analysis on various remote sensing data sources to monitor the process of land exploitation and restoration of the Tan Rai Bauxite project. High-resolution remote sensing images were used as diverse as SPOT-5, VNREDSat-1, Google Earth from 2013 to 2019 to demonstrate the ability of the MCVA method to combine many other types of remote sensing images together. The results of fluctuation analysis were validated by 200 random points in the study area, and the accuracy of result is more than 90%. The results of land use change statistics were also compared with the annual data of Tan Rai Bauxite Factory. From this study, it can be concluded that the MCVA analysis method can quickly detect land use change areas and can combine many different image sources with a high accuracy. In addition, it also provides statistics of mining areas and restored areas, thereby assisting managers in monitoring the operation of the mine.

Bauxite Tan Rai, MCVA, Land Use Change, Monitoring, Multi-Sensors

Hoan, N. , Quynh, H. , Hang, L. , Ha, N. , Ngoc, H. and Phong, D. (2020) Estimation of Land Use Changes in Tan Rai Bauxite Mine by Multi-Variants Change Vector Analysis (MCVA) on Multi-Temporal Remote Sensing Data. Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection, 8, 70-84. doi: 10.4236/gep.2020.83006.