干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): The Identification and Classification of Arid Zones through Multicriteria Evaluation and Geographic Information Systems-Case Study: Arid Regions of Northwest Mexico

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DOI	10.3390/ijgi10110720
	The Identification and Classification of Arid Zones through Multicriteria Evaluation and Geographic Information Systems-Case Study: Arid Regions of Northwest Mexico
	Yadira Perez-Aguilar, Lidia; Plata-Rocha, Wenseslao; Alberto Monjardin-Armenta, Sergio; Franco-Ochoa, Cuauhtemoc; Guadalupe Zambrano-Medina, Yedid
通讯作者	Plata-Rocha, W (corresponding author), Univ Autonoma Sinaloa, Fac Ciencias Tierra & Espacio, Culiacan 80013, Sinaloa, Mexico.
来源期刊	ISPRS INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEO-INFORMATION
EISSN	2220-9964
出版年	2021
卷号	10 期号:11
英文摘要	Arid and semiarid regions are geographic units that cover approximately 43% of the earth's surface worldwide, and conditions of extreme drought and reduced vegetation cover predominate in these regions. In Mexico, arid and semiarid ecosystems cover more than half of the territory, with desertification, mainly caused by anthropogenic activities and climatic events, as the main problem in these regions. The present research aimed to assess, identify, and classify arid and semiarid zones by employing a methodology based on multicriteria evaluation analysis (MCA) using the weighted linear combination (WLC) technique and geographic information systems (GIS) in the hydrological administrative regions (HARs) of the North Pacific, Northwest, and Baja California Peninsula, located in Northwest Mexico. Data related to aridity, desertification, degradation, and drought were investigated, and the main factors involved in the aridity process, such as surface temperature, soil humidity, precipitation, slopes, orientations, the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), and evapotranspiration, were obtained. For the standardization of factors, a fuzzy inference system was used. The weight of each factor was then determined with the analytical hierarchy process (AHP). To delimit arid regions, the classification of arid zones proposed by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) was used, and the result was an aridity suitability map. To validate the results, the sensitivity analysis method was applied. Quantitative and geospatial aridity indicators were obtained at the administrative hydrological level and by state. The main results indicated that semiarid and dry subhumid zones predominated, representing 40% and 43% of the surface of the study area, respectively, while arid regions represented 17%, and humid regions represented less than 1%. In addition, of the states for which 100% of the surface lay in the study area, it was observed that Baja California and Baja California Sur had the largest arid and semiarid zones, while subhumid regions predominated in Sonora and Sinaloa.
英文关键词	aridity arid zones multicriteria evaluation GIS weighted linear combination standardization
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000725772100001
WOS关键词	CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM ; LAND SUITABILITY ; REFORESTATION ; AFFORESTATION ; MODEL
WOS类目	Computer Science, Information Systems ; Geography, Physical ; Remote Sensing
WOS研究方向	Computer Science ; Physical Geography ; Remote Sensing
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/373732
作者单位	[Yadira Perez-Aguilar, Lidia; Plata-Rocha, Wenseslao; Alberto Monjardin-Armenta, Sergio; Franco-Ochoa, Cuauhtemoc; Guadalupe Zambrano-Medina, Yedid] Univ Autonoma Sinaloa, Fac Ciencias Tierra & Espacio, Culiacan 80013, Sinaloa, Mexico
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yadira Perez-Aguilar, Lidia,Plata-Rocha, Wenseslao,Alberto Monjardin-Armenta, Sergio,et al. The Identification and Classification of Arid Zones through Multicriteria Evaluation and Geographic Information Systems-Case Study: Arid Regions of Northwest Mexico[J],2021,10(11).
APA	Yadira Perez-Aguilar, Lidia,Plata-Rocha, Wenseslao,Alberto Monjardin-Armenta, Sergio,Franco-Ochoa, Cuauhtemoc,&Guadalupe Zambrano-Medina, Yedid.(2021).The Identification and Classification of Arid Zones through Multicriteria Evaluation and Geographic Information Systems-Case Study: Arid Regions of Northwest Mexico.ISPRS INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEO-INFORMATION,10(11).
MLA	Yadira Perez-Aguilar, Lidia,et al."The Identification and Classification of Arid Zones through Multicriteria Evaluation and Geographic Information Systems-Case Study: Arid Regions of Northwest Mexico".ISPRS INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEO-INFORMATION 10.11(2021).