Spatio-temporal assessment of Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESA) in The Thar Desert India, to combat desertification under UNCCD framework

LK Sharma, A Raj, K Somawat - Journal of Arid Environments, 2021 - Elsevier
Globally, desertification is a challenging issue today. As per United Nations Convention to
Combat Desertification (UNCCD), it has been altering the quality of life of several people …

Evaluating environmental sensitivity of arid and semiarid regions in northeastern Rajasthan, India

S Dutta, G Chaudhuri - Geographical Review, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Arid regions of Rajasthan in India are characterized by harsh environments, fragile
ecosystems, and limited water resources and arable lands. Desertification is one of the …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment and monitoring of land degradation in the northwest coast region, Egypt using Earth observations data

FH Abdel-Kader - The Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study assesses the spatial and temporal distribution of land degradation hotspots and
their driving forces in the northwest coast of Egypt (NWC) based on MODIS-Enhanced …

Land degradation sensitivity and desertification risk in Harrir region, northern Iraq

KO Hamad, A Surucu - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Soil degradation and desertification are persistent ecological issues that present significant
challenges worldwide. An accurate evaluation of land susceptibility to desertification is …

Evaluation of indicators for desertification risk assessment in part of Thar Desert Region of Rajasthan using geospatial techniques

SS Salunkhe, AK Bera, SS Rao… - Journal of Earth System …, 2018 - Springer
Desertification has emerged as a major economic, social and environmental problem in the
western part of India. The best way of dealing with desertification is to take appropriate …

Desertification risk mapping of the Zayandeh Rood Basin in Iran

MM Barzani, OS Khairulmaini - Journal of earth system science, 2013 - Springer
This paper presents a classified desertification hazard map of Zayandeh Rood Basin (ZRB)
in Iran. There are potential climatic factors, the geographical location and human activities …

[HTML][HTML] Detecting changes in vegetation trends in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region using SPOT vegetation

G Faour, M Mhawej, A Fayad - … : European Journal of …, 2016 - journals.openedition.org
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) can be considered as the most water-scarce
regions of the world and thus affecting the status of vegetation in this zone. Normalized …

Production of environmental sensitivity maps for desertification in southern marshes of Iraq

AF Al-Yasiry, AM Al-Lami… - IOP Conference Series …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The arid and semi-arid regions have faced critical desertification problems in the last
decades. This phenomenon is caused either by human actions or natural circumstances …

Spatial and temporal-trend assessment of desertification-sensitive land using the desertification sensitivity index in the provincial Ninh Thuan, Vietnam

BT Nguyen, GD Dinh, LB Le - Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2024 - Springer
Desertification is a specific land-degrading process, reducing soil productivity and
potentially threatening global food security. Therefore, spatially and temporally identifying …

Desertification hazard zoning in Sistan region, Iran

SM Hosseini, S Sadrafshari… - Journal of Geographical …, 2012 - Springer
Desertification process as a great problem affects most of the countries in the world. This
process has a high rate in arid and semiarid areas. Today, human societies are …