Dube, TimothySibanda, MbulisiBangamwabo, Victor2021-07-132021-07-132018Dube,T .et al. (2018). Establishing the link between urban land cover change and the proliferation of aquatic hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) in Harare Metropolitan, Zimbabwe. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 108(April 2017), 19–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pce.2018.09.0101474-7065https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pce.2018.09.010http://hdl.handle.net/10566/6396Urbangrowthisakeyprocessaffectingthefunctioningofnaturalecosystems,andconsequentlythegloballand-surface process. This work aimed at establishing the link between land cover changes around HarareMetropolitancityandtheproliferationofaquatichyacinth(Eichhornia crassipes)inLakeChivero.RemotelysensedLandsatseriesacquiredintheyear1973,1981,1994,1998,2008,2009and2014wasused.Imageclassificationwasimplementedtomaptheassociatedchangesovertimeusingdiscriminantanalysisalgorithm.Derivedthematiclandcovermapsshowedthatagriculturallandincreasedfrom2%in1973toa5%in1981reachingupto30%in2014,whereasthecity'slandareasignificantly(p<0.05)increasedbetween1973and1994.However,waterhyacinthconstantlyincreasedovertime.ThespatialandtemporalresolutionofLandsatimagesdetectedlandcoverchangesandtheproliferationofaquatichyacinth(Eichhorniacrassipes)intheLakeChiveroovertime.enBaseline dataFreshwater ecosystemsHarare metropolitan cityUrban expansionRemote sensingWater qualityArticle