An overview of land degradation, desertification and sustainable land management using GIS and remote sensing applications

MAE AbdelRahman - Rendiconti Lincei. Scienze Fisiche e Naturali, 2023 - Springer
Land degradation (LD) poses a major threat to food security, livelihoods sustainability,
ecosystem services and biodiversity conservation. The total area of arable land in the world …

Morphometric analysis for prioritizing sub-watersheds of Murredu River basin, Telangana State, India, using a geographical information system

PR Shekar, A Mathew - Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The Murredu watershed in Telangana State was chosen for the morphometric and
land use/land cover (LULC) analysis in this current study. Geographical information system …

Soil erosion assessment by RUSLE model using remote sensing and GIS in an arid zone

P Li, A Tariq, Q Li, B Ghaffar, M Farhan… - … Journal of Digital …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In this research, we used the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) and
Geographical Information System (GIS) to predict the annual rate of soil loss in the District …

[HTML][HTML] Rural Land Degradation Assessment through Remote Sensing: Current Technologies, Models, and Applications

F D'Acunto, F Marinello, A Pezzuolo - Remote Sensing, 2024 - mdpi.com
Degradation and desertification represent serious threats, as they present severe
environmental and socio-economic consequences, demanding immediate action. Although …

Land degradation, overland flow, soil erosion, and nutrient loss in the Eastern Himalayas, India

PK Mishra, A Rai, K Abdelrahman, SC Rai, A Tiwari - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Studies on the assessment of land degradation, overland flow, soil loss, and nutrient loss
have emerged as paramount importance for food security and rural livelihood in the …

Quantitative estimation of saline-soil amelioration using remote-sensing indices in arid land for better management

HM Aboelsoud, MAE AbdelRahman, AMS Kheir… - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Soil salinity and sodicity are significant issues worldwide. In particular, they represent the
most dominant types of degraded lands, especially in arid and semi-arid regions with …

Mapping and quantifying comprehensive land degradation status using spatial multicriteria evaluation technique in the headwaters area of upper Blue Nile River

A Ewunetu, B Simane, E Teferi, BF Zaitchik - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mapping and quantifying land degradation status is important for identifying vulnerable
areas and to design sustainable landscape management. This study maps and quantifies …

Soil degradation index developed by multitemporal remote sensing images, climate variables, terrain and soil atributes

CM Nascimento, W de Sousa Mendes… - Journal of environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Studies on soil degradation are essential for environmental preservation. Since almost 30%
of the global soils are degraded, it is important to study and map them for improving their …

Vis-nir spectroscopy and satellite landsat-8 oli data to map soil nutrients in arid conditions: A case study of the northwest coast of egypt

ES Mohamed, AAE Baroudy, T El-Beshbeshy… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
The mapping of soil nutrients is a key issue for numerous applications and research fields
ranging from global changes to environmental degradation, from sustainable soil …

Land use land cover (LULC) and surface water quality assessment in and around selected dams of Jharkhand using water quality index (WQI) and Geographic …

S Pandey, N Kumari, S Al Nawajish - Journal of the Geological Society of …, 2023 - Springer
Surface water quality deterioration is mainly occurring due to anthropogenic activities at an
alarming rate in developing countries. Jharkhand has been undergoing exponential …