Land Use/Land Cover Change Analysis And Its Impact On Soil Properties In The Northern Part Of Gadarif Region, Sudan

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 90-102

  Biro, K ^a,b   Pradhan, B ^a,c   Buchroithner, M ^a   Makeschin, F ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GADARIF   (Sudan)

^c UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Change detection; Land use land cover; Mechanised rain fed agriculture; Remote sensing; Soil degradation; Sudan

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EXPANSION; ASTER DATA; BULK DENSITY; CHANGE DETECTION; COMPARISON TECHNIQUES; CULTIVATED LANDS; DRY LAND; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; LABORATORY TEST; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE/LAND COVER; LAND USE/LAND COVER CHANGE; LANDSAT; MULTI-TEMPORAL; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; POST CLASSIFICATION; SATELLITE IMAGES; SODIUM ADSORPTION RATIO; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL PH; SOIL PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL SAMPLE; STUDY AREAS; SUDAN; SURFACE SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

SOIL TESTING;

ASTER; LAND COVER; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL PROPERTY;

GEDAREF; SUDAN;

EID: 84872654706     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.1116     Document Type: Article

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