Dieudonne Nshimiyimana

Quantifying the Urban–forest Trade-off in a Rwandan Secondary City: A 35-Year Multi-temporal Remote Sensing Assessment of Huye District (1990–2025)

Dieudonne Nshimiyimana, Janvier Niyomugabo & Pancras Ndokoye · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2026

Rapid urban expansion is transforming land-cover patterns in Rwanda’s secondary cities, with potential consequences for forest resources and sustainable land-use planning. This study assessed long-term changes in built-up and forest cover associated with urban expansion in Huye D...