Study of agricultural land use variability in Doukkala irrigated area between 1998 and 2020

Bounif, Mohamed; Bouasria, Abdelkrim; Rahimi, Abdelmejid; Mjiri, Ikram El

doi:10.1109/ieeeconf53624.2021.9667965

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“…Throughout its territory, Morocco receives, a rainfall of 140 billion m 3 . The potential of water resources is estimated at 22 billion m 3, including 18 billion m 3 of surface water and 4 billion m 3 of groundwater. The allocation per resident is about 700 m 3 /resident/year.…”

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Use of Spatial Remote Sensing to Study the Temporal Evolution of the Water Retention of Al Massira Dam in Morocco

Bounif¹,

Rahimi²,

Boutafoust³

et al. 2023

J. Ecol. Eng.

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In Morocco, irrigated agriculture is still very much linked to the climate and the water retention of dams. With climate change, this country is experiencing recurrent drought, which has led to deficits in water inflow from the rivers to the various dams. The Al Massira dam, the area of study, does not escape this trend. This dam is the only surface water source for the irrigated area of Doukkala. Therefore, special attention must be paid to monitoring this resource at this dam. Thus, the proposed study examined the possibilities offered by spatial remote sensing to improve the current information system. It aims to evaluate this dam's reservoir by exploiting the data generated by using satellite images. The Landsat satellite images were used to assess the area of this dam by adopting an approach combining spectral indices with thresholding. Then, the existing relationship between the area of the dam lake were examined, determined by spatial remote sensing and its water retention measured in situ. The results obtained revealed a strong correlation between the two parameters. Therefore, a study was conducted to find the best model for predicting the dam's impoundment based on its lake. The second-degree polynomial model showed a better performance. Given the results obtained, it is recommended to use geospatial methods in the current and prospective monitoring and steering system of water resources.

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“…The allocation per resident is about 700 m 3 /resident/year. Since 1966, the state has created hydraulic infrastructure with a storage capacity of more than 17.5 billion m 3 . This infrastructure allows the volume regulation of 9.5 billion m 3 of water (Harbouze et al, 2019).…”

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Use of Spatial Remote Sensing to Study the Temporal Evolution of the Water Retention of Al Massira Dam in Morocco

Bounif¹,

Rahimi²,

Boutafoust³

et al. 2023

J. Ecol. Eng.

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“…Moreover, it contributes about 14% to the GDP and provides about 38% of all employment nationwide, with 74% of that in rural regions (Benabdelkader et al, 2021;Boulakhbar et al, 2020). In the last ten years, agriculture in Maroc has achieved extraordi-nary economic and commercial success (Bounif et al, 2021;Montanari & Bergh, 2019;Onyiriuba et al, 2020). However, Maroc has a lengthy suffered from a incessant deterioration of resources of natural and biodiversity (Water, Soil, Forests, etc.…”

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Assessment of Groundwater Quality for Irrigation Purpose Using Irrigation Water Quality Index (Iwqi)

Al-Aizari,

Aslaou,

Mohsen

et al. 2024

Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management

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Groundwater represents an important natural resource for sustaining life. This study was conducted to evaluate groundwater in the Doukkala region in Morocco, using the Irrigation Water Quality Index (IWQI) and uses Inverse Distance Weighting (IDW) in GIS was to show the spatial distribution of water quality parameters. It collected 97 of samples from groundwater and were estimated the sodium concentration (Na%), and sodium absorption rate (SAR), Also, Residual sodium carbonate (RSC), Kelly index (KI), magnesium content (MR), salinity potential (PS), and permeability index (PI). According to the distribution map of the Irrigation Water Quality Index (IWQI) for the study area, about 22.7% of samples fall into the severe restriction (SR) category, which can be used to irrigate plants with high salinity tolerance, 34.02 of samples fall under the high restriction (HR) category, 23.7% of samples fall into the moderate restrictions (MR) category, 17.52% of samples fall under the low restriction (LR) category, and 2.06% of samples fall under the no restriction (NR) category. The results of (IWQI) indicated that the groundwater quality in the study area is mostly suitable for irrigation purposes.

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Soil organic carbon exchange due to the change in land use

Başaran,

Akdogan Cinal,

Eroglu

2024

Environ Ecol Stat

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This study analyses the decrease in soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks due to changes in land use following the earthquake in Düzce, Turkey, 1999. The primary objective of the study is to determine the changes in land use within Düzce and to provide a multi-dimensional approach to the spatial and quantitative distributions of SOC losses. Corine Land Use- Land Cover (LULC) within the study is used to determine the change in land use. The loss of LULC and carbon stocks were identified by means of LULC with transfer matrix method and GIS-based analysis. The study of land-use change caused by urbanisation and agricultural activity shows that the limited green spaces around the urban core created by degrading natural areas do not compensate for the loss of SOC. SOC stocks decline after the land use changes from agricultural regions to artificial areas (− 5%), Natural- Semi-natural (N-SN) regions to artificial areas (− 15%), N-SN areas to agricultural areas (− 20.9%) and agricultural areas to water bodies (− 9%), and SOC stocks increase after land use changes from artificial areas to N-SN areas (+ 29.6%), artificial areas to agricultural areas (+ 8%), agricultural areas to N-SN areas (+ 25%). However, in some agricultural areas, SOC stocks are similar to semi-natural and natural areas. For instance, in sparsely vegetated areas, SOC stocks from fruit and berry plantations may be poor. Although it is generally assumed that SOC loss can occur on land transformed from natural areas, this rule of thumb may be revised in some particular circumstances. Therefore, local ecological restoration decisions should not be based on land cover generalisations.

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Study of agricultural land use variability in Doukkala irrigated area between 1998 and 2020

Cited by 6 publications

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Use of Spatial Remote Sensing to Study the Temporal Evolution of the Water Retention of Al Massira Dam in Morocco

Use of Spatial Remote Sensing to Study the Temporal Evolution of the Water Retention of Al Massira Dam in Morocco

Assessment of Groundwater Quality for Irrigation Purpose Using Irrigation Water Quality Index (Iwqi)

Soil organic carbon exchange due to the change in land use

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