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DOI	10.1016/j.ejrs.2023.07.014
	Geospatial model for allocating favorable plots for groundwater-dependent cultivation activities in Egypt
	Shalby, Ahmed; Emara, Sobhy R.; Metwally, Mohammed I.; Negm, Abdelazim M.; Gado, Tamer A.; Armanuos, Asaad M.
通讯作者	Shalby, A
来源期刊	EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING AND SPACE SCIENCES
ISSN	1110-9823
EISSN	2090-2476
出版年	2023
卷号	26 期号:3 页码:777-788
英文摘要	Moving towards horizontal expansion in the vast barren lands to alleviate overpopulation along the Nile River is imperative to Egypt's 2030 sustainable development strategy. Accordingly, a mega reclamation project was advocated with a key goal of achieving food self-sufficiency. Solar-powered groundwater pumping system was adopted as the main water supply. Planning efforts are therefore inevitable to help locate the most favourable sites for such extensive cultivation activities. Herein, a multicriteria decision analysis was conducted to facilitate the zoning of potential rural communities across the northern portions of the Western Desert of Egypt. For this purpose, data of groundwater exploration, soil characterization, terrestrial accessibility, insolation intensity, and terrain information were fused to produce a high-resolution suitability map. The analytical hierarchy process approach was adopted to set the weighted importance of adopted criteria. The study area was categorized into Best, Good, Moderate, Fair, Poor, and Restricted classes at 1.7%, 13%, 42.6%, 26%, 10%, and 3%, respectively, of the entire region, while the constrained plots were masked out. The implemented and proposed wells fields within the underway national rural development project extend over agriculturally suitable pixels affirming the validity of the developed geospatial model. About 1.5 million ha, representing 7.2% of the undeveloped area, were found to be highly suitable for future expansion of agribusiness activities. The generated priority map will assist the decision-makers in the planning procedures for ongoing reclamation activities throughout Egypt.
英文关键词	Land suitability Multicriteria decision analysis Agribusiness activities Rural development
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:001052985200001
WOS关键词	MULTICRITERIA DECISION-ANALYSIS ; LAND SUITABILITY ANALYSIS ; WESTERN DESERT ; SIWA OASIS ; GIS ; AGRICULTURE ; RESOURCES ; INFORMATION ; MANAGEMENT ; SELECTION
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences ; Remote Sensing
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Remote Sensing
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/396046
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Shalby, Ahmed,Emara, Sobhy R.,Metwally, Mohammed I.,et al. Geospatial model for allocating favorable plots for groundwater-dependent cultivation activities in Egypt[J],2023,26(3):777-788.
APA	Shalby, Ahmed,Emara, Sobhy R.,Metwally, Mohammed I.,Negm, Abdelazim M.,Gado, Tamer A.,&Armanuos, Asaad M..(2023).Geospatial model for allocating favorable plots for groundwater-dependent cultivation activities in Egypt.EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING AND SPACE SCIENCES,26(3),777-788.
MLA	Shalby, Ahmed,et al."Geospatial model for allocating favorable plots for groundwater-dependent cultivation activities in Egypt".EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING AND SPACE SCIENCES 26.3(2023):777-788.