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Evaluating land degradation for assessment of land vulnerability to desert conditions in the Sokoto area, Nigeria

✍ Scribed by S. O. Mohammed; A. Farshad; J. Farifteh

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1996
Tongue: English
Weight: 739 KB
Volume: 7
Category: Article
ISSN: 1085-3278
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-145x(199609)7:3<205::aid-ldr225>3.0.co;2-l

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✦ Synopsis

There are no standard indicators to evaluate or predict desertification. This paper describes an attempt to assess vulnerability to desert conditions in part of the Sokoto district in northwestern Nigeria, using remote sensing coupled with other ancillary data (erosion, sealing, crusting, compaction, cover change, organic matter monitoring, salinity and aridification) within a geographic information system environment.