干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): Integration of social, economic and environmental factors in GIS for land degradation vulnerability assessment in the Pir Panjal Himalaya, Kashmir, India

Arid

DOI	10.1016/j.apgeog.2020.102307
	Integration of social, economic and environmental factors in GIS for land degradation vulnerability assessment in the Pir Panjal Himalaya, Kashmir, India
	Romshoo, Shakil Ahmad; Amin, Muzamil; Sastry, K. L. N.; Parmar, Manish
通讯作者	Romshoo, SA (corresponding author), Univ Kashmir, Dept Geoinformat, Srinagar, India.
来源期刊	APPLIED GEOGRAPHY
ISSN	0143-6228
EISSN	1873-7730
出版年	2020
卷号	125
英文摘要	Land degradation assessment is imperative for developing a mitigation plan to minimize the adverse impacts associated with land degradation. The study involves the integration of various social, economic and environmental indices for identifying the land degradation vulnerable areas in the Pir Panjal Himalaya, Kashmir, India. Analysis of the land use and land cover from the satellite data revealed that-47% of the area is devoid of any vegetal cover. Slope index revealed that-40% of the study area is precipitous with slope >30%. The land utilization index indicated that-51% of the area is over-utilized. Integration of all the environmental indices in GIS environment yielded the Natural Resource Prioritization Index which revealed that-41% of the area needs attention for land degradation mitigation on top priority. Integration of all the socioeconomic indices yielded the Socio-Economic Priority Zones which revealed that-35% of the area needs attention for the socio-economic upliftment on priority for combating the land degradation in the study area. Land Degradation Vulnerability Index (LDVI) model was developed in GIS environment based on the unique combination of various natural resource and socioeconomic priority zones using the weighted index approach to assess the cumulative impact of social, economic and environmental factors on land degradation. The model analyses revealed that-48% of the study area (-603 Km(2)) shows high to very high LDVI values alluding to its high vulnerability to different forms of land degradation. The approach developed in this research for the integration of various causal factors to identify the lands vulnerable to varying degree and intensity of degradation will go a long way in developing appropriate mitigation strategies for combating land degradation at village level in the Himalaya.
英文关键词	Land Utilization Land capability Natural resources prioritization Land degradation vulnerability GIS
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000605481700002
WOS关键词	MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS ; SOUTH-AFRICA ; DESERTIFICATION ; RISK ; VARIABILITY ; TRENDS ; REGION ; PERIOD ; AREAS ; MODEL
WOS类目	Geography
WOS研究方向	Geography
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/348724
作者单位	[Romshoo, Shakil Ahmad; Amin, Muzamil] Univ Kashmir, Dept Geoinformat, Srinagar, India; [Sastry, K. L. N.; Parmar, Manish] Indian Space Res Org ISRO, Space Applicat Ctr SAC, Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Romshoo, Shakil Ahmad,Amin, Muzamil,Sastry, K. L. N.,et al. Integration of social, economic and environmental factors in GIS for land degradation vulnerability assessment in the Pir Panjal Himalaya, Kashmir, India[J],2020,125.
APA	Romshoo, Shakil Ahmad,Amin, Muzamil,Sastry, K. L. N.,&Parmar, Manish.(2020).Integration of social, economic and environmental factors in GIS for land degradation vulnerability assessment in the Pir Panjal Himalaya, Kashmir, India.APPLIED GEOGRAPHY,125.
MLA	Romshoo, Shakil Ahmad,et al."Integration of social, economic and environmental factors in GIS for land degradation vulnerability assessment in the Pir Panjal Himalaya, Kashmir, India".APPLIED GEOGRAPHY 125(2020).