Land suitability analysis for the upper Gila River watershed

Steiner, Frederick; McSherry, Laurel; Cohen, Jill

doi:10.1016/s0169-2046(00)00093-1

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“…The temperature of the region ranges from 14 to 24°C in summer, and between 5 and 8°C in winters (Darjeeling Climatological Table 1901-20002015. The hilly areas get heavy rainfall in the monsoon season.…”

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“…Therefore, multicriteria decision making (MCDM) process has been integrated with geospatial techniques in various studies for the potential land use decision-making process to solve complex problems of land management with best alternatives (Cengiz and Akbulak 2009;Malczewski 2006;Mendas and Delali 2012). This techniques extensively used for land suitability analysis to identify the potential lands for watershed management (Steiner et al 2000), plantation (Zolekar and Bhagat 2014), agriculture (Shalaby et al 2006;Bandyopadhyay et al 2009;Jafari and Zaredar 2010;Cengiz and Akbulak 2009;Chandio et al 2011;Feizizadeh and Blaschke 2012;Akinci et al 2013;Garcia et al 2014), etc.…”

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Site suitability analysis for agricultural land use of Darjeeling district using AHP and GIS techniques

Pramanik

2016

Model. Earth Syst. Environ.

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Darjeeling district covered with 60.89 % of its land under Himalayan dense forest producing exquisite biodiversity and variations in climate with a diversified fauna and flora. Therefore, designs great scope for agricultural development in the rural area of the Himalayan foothills to boost rural economies. However, agriculture not mostly developed in this district due to different physical threats (such as very high slope and elevation, dense vegetation cover, fewer irrigation facilities, dry soil, etc.), socio-economic problems and lack of adequate transportation. Land suitability analysis can help to establish the strategies for the development of agricultural productivity. AHP with the integration of GIS-based multicriterion decision making an approach using DEM and Landsat 8 satellite data was utilized to evaluate land suitability for agriculture production in hilly areas. Various 'expert opinions' was used to determine the results of selected parameters whereas pairwise comparison matrix used to established the weights. About, 5.31 % area is classified in the class highly suitable, 29.82 % in moderately suitable, 24.27 % in marginally suitable, and 40.60 % in unsuitable for agriculture. The techniques, methodology and results of the study can be effective to assess the suitable land for agriculture in hilly regions.

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Site suitability analysis for agricultural land use of Darjeeling district using AHP and GIS techniques

Pramanik

2016

Model. Earth Syst. Environ.

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“…It involves pair-wise and weighted multi-criteria analysis on a number of selected socio-economic and biophysical drivers. The technique has extensively been used for land suitability analysis at local and region levels for watershed planning (Steiner et al 2000), vegetation (Zolekar and Bhagat 2015) and agriculture (Shalaby et al 2006;Bandyopadhyay et al 2009;Akıncı et al 2013;Motuma et al 2016). Biophysical parameters such as land cover, slope, elevation, and soil properties such as depth, moisture, texture and group are frequently used for assessment of land suitability evaluation (Rossiter 1996;Zolekar and Bhagat 2015).…”

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Land suitability analysis for agriculture in the Abbay basin using remote sensing, GIS and AHP techniques

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Griensven

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et al. 2016

Model. Earth Syst. Environ.

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To meet growing population demands for food and other agricultural commodities, agricultural land-use intensification and extensification seems to be increasing in the Abbay (Upper Blue Nile) basin in Ethiopia. However, the amount, location and degree of suitability of the basin for agriculture seem not well studied and/or documented. From global data sources, literature review and field investigation, a number of agricultural land suitability evaluation criteria were identified. These criteria were preprocessed as raster layers on a GIS platform and weights of criteria raster layers in determining suitability were computed using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP). A weighted overlay analysis method was used to compute categories of highly suitable, moderately suitable, marginally suitable and unsuitable lands for agriculture in the basin. It was found out that 53.8 % of the basin's land coverage was highly suitable for agriculture and 23.2 % was moderately suitable. The marginally suitable and the unsuitable lands were at 11 and 12 % respectively. From the analysis, regions of the basin with high suitability as well as those with higher susceptibility for land degradation and soil erosion were identified.

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“…Criteria for four different types of land use, namely low-density housing, commercial development, industrial development, and recreation were defined using an ecological inventory of the Gila river watershed in terms of primary suitability, secondary suitability and unsuitability for certain land uses. This method can be applied to other rural areas of the American West 56) . Slope degree was considered to be the main factor in the suitability analysis, in particular, for the area dominated by soil erosion by using the relative land use suitability index (R), which was then used to define the suitability of the land use structure.…”

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Review of Research Trends in Watershed-Based Land Use Analysis

Lim

Sasaki

2016

Journal of JSCE

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With increased awareness of the importance of land use change at both local and regional scales within watershed-based planning, the study of land use analysis has become the focus of several international scientific endeavors. Since land use change has become a major issue in this century due to global urbanization, the study of watershed-based land use analysis will play an important role in a sustainable future. This paper undertakes a comprehensive review of watershed-based land use analysis to clarify the research trends in this area, including basic tools, factors, methodologies, study regions, scales and areas. Land use detection methods, land use modeling and thresholds in watershed delineation were identified as the fundamental tools, while land use policies, water quality, surface runoff, flooding control, land use suitability and land allocation analysis, and landscape structure were identified as the main factors in watershed-based land use planning.

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Land suitability analysis for the upper Gila River watershed

Cited by 157 publications

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Site suitability analysis for agricultural land use of Darjeeling district using AHP and GIS techniques

Site suitability analysis for agricultural land use of Darjeeling district using AHP and GIS techniques

Land suitability analysis for agriculture in the Abbay basin using remote sensing, GIS and AHP techniques

Review of Research Trends in Watershed-Based Land Use Analysis

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