Managing watersheds in Ghana through land use planning: a case of Offin watershed

Unregulated land use development within watersheds immensely degrades water bodies in developing countries. This study uses sociallymixed methods and spatial analysis approaches to identify and explicate the land use activities within the Offin watershed in Ghana. The study, which used Landsat images obtained from the US Geological Survey, found that the watershed of Offin has undergone extensive land use/cover change. The impact of land use/cover change on the Offin watershed is aggravated by the varied rainfall pattern in the area. The study recommends the adoption and enforcement of land use planning strategies.