Assessment of spatio-temporal dynamics of land degradation and desertification in Pakistan and its impact on agriculture productivity
Riaz Ul Hissan,
Hamza Shafiq,
Abdelmohsen A. Nassani
et al.
Abstract:Various natural and anthropogenic activities such as climate change, urbanization and industrialization play a vital role in changing the land characteristics. These changes does not only affect the human lives and activities, but also results in tremendous decrease in agricultural productivity and arable land. Thus, the purpose of this study is to analyze the land degradation and desertification in Pakistan using satellite imageries data acquired from the Landsat 8 and 9. For the empirical analysis, various i… Show more
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