Prioritization of Sub-watersheds in Khanapara–Bornihat Area of Assam–Meghalaya (India) Based on Land Use and Slope Analysis Using Remote Sensing and GIS

Sarma, Santanu; Saikia, Trivani

doi:10.1007/s12524-011-0163-6

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“…Monitoring changes in land cover and understanding its spatial properties will lead to an accurate and deep understanding of how human activity affects the general ecological state of the environment (Stow and Chen, 2002;Yeh and Li, 1999). Nevertheless, the deterioration of rural area resources happens quickly, particularly in developing countries (Sarma and Saikia, 2012). In the Mediterranean area, a significant decrease in precipitation amount during the 21st century has been predicted (Lelieveld et al, 2012;Rohde et al, 2013).…”

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Land Cover Change Investigation in the Southern Syrian Coastal Basins During the Past 30-Years Using Landsat Remote Sensing Data

Hammad

Mucsi

Leeuwen

2018

Journal of Environmental Geography

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Land cover change and deforestation are important global ecosystem hazards. As for Syria, the current conflict and the subsequent absence of the forest preservation are main reasons for land cover change. This study aims to investigate the temporal and spatial aspects and trends of the land cover alterations in the southern Syrian coastal basins. In this study, land cover maps were made from surface reflectance images of Landsat-5(TM), Landsat-7(ETM+) and Landsat-8(OLI) during May (period of maximum vegetation cover) in 1987, 2002 and 2017. The images were classified into four different thematic classes using the maximum likelihood supervised classification method. The classification results were validated using 160 validation points in 2017, where overall accuracy was 83.75%. Spatial analysis was applied to investigate the land cover change during the period of 30 years for each basin and the whole study area. The results show 262.40 km2 reduction of forest and natural vegetation area during (1987-2017) period, and 72.5% of this reduction occurred during (2002-2017) period due to over-cutting of forest trees as a source of heating by local people, especially during the conflict period. This reduction was particularly high in the Alabrash and Hseen basins with 76.13 and 79.49 km2 respectively, and was accompanied by major increase of agriculture lands area which is attributed to dam construction in these basins which allowed people to cultivate rural lands for subsistence or to enhance their economic situation. The results of this study must draw the relevant authorities’ attention to preserve the remaining forest area.

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Land Cover Change Investigation in the Southern Syrian Coastal Basins During the Past 30-Years Using Landsat Remote Sensing Data

Hammad

Mucsi

Leeuwen

2018

Journal of Environmental Geography

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“…Where the slope is always a controlling factor in the development of land cover on the surface. Moreover, development of LU and LC over the area with unfavourable slope condition is always prone to potential environmental hazards [7]. In the other hand, SWOT analysis gives a logic reading of the probable risks facing the direction towards investing available chances, especially in the rural mountain areas.…”

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“…In this unit, rural development programs should take into account, especially to establish the linkage between land resources, populations and interests [6]. Nevertheless, the deterioration of watershed sources seems to be going through quickly, particularly in developing countries [7]. Watersheds vary in size.…”

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Ruralization vs. Urbanization Sprawl as Guiding Regional Planning: Development Scenario for Rivers Watershed in the Southern Syrian Coastal Region

Rahmoun

Zhao

Hammad

et al. 2018

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Abstract. This study aimed at opening discussions concerning new ideas of suggesting sustainable scenario based on the principle of an integrated spatial development ring between urban-rural areas along and between AL-Abrash and AL-Hseen rivers watershed, as an application of the bottom-up planning model, seeking to achieve ruralization in parallel with urbanization. This paper adopted data collections and analysis through using a step-by-step approach. Firstly, investigated the land-cover change (LCC) during 30-years. Therefore, using multi-temporal satellite data from different dates for the same study area to create thematic land cover maps which can be used for land cover change detection. Three Landsat satellite images from1987, 2002 and 2017 were classified separately using the supervised classification method in ArcGIS, to provide an economical way to quantify, map and analyse changes over time in land cover. Then, SWOT analysis for the possibilities and determinants within the twoway flow of the current and futuristic economic activity, besides discussion the opportunities of the land-use (LU) taking into account slop map to achieve conservation priority for natural resources. Finally, evaluate results and establishing a sustainable spatial scenario approachable to upgrade into scaling up/out to covering the coastal region watersheds, can support regional planning and decision-making in the future.

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“…Chongqing, China (e-mail: tarek.rahmoun@qq.com, mhd-rahmoun@hotmail.com). [5], due to the pollution from human activities and rapid climate change. Nowadays planners recognize that river basins/watershed management should take into consideration the fact that it is a combination of both human and biophysical processes [6].…”

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A Step towards Building Environmental Protection Strategy: Game Theory Framework for Al-Abrash River Basin Management

Rahmoun¹,

Rahmoun²

2019

IJESD

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The current random behavior of stakeholders within the Al-Abrash river basin in Syrian coastal region, the lake and the river, threatens more than ever to pollute the whole basin. The goal of this paper is to address the state of shared management of water resources among local players through game theory application based on two self-interest strategies for each player to reach a balance point taking into consideration the government intervention as the organizer of the game. Therefore, non-cooperative game theory NCGT adopted as an analytical approach for modeling planning assets conflicts. ArcGIS software adopted to define different areas according to its risk/land-use types. The result shows that the equilibrium point "non-cooperate-non-cooperate" strategy between the players could lean towards "cooperative-cooperative" strategy in the light of the provincial government effect, adopting innovating competitive planning policies. That will lead to an interactive economical-environmental balance in the river basin and helps to reach rational decisions. Therefore, this paper could be classified as one of the studies seeking to apply the participatory planning approach toward sustainable development.Index Terms-Al-Abrash river basin, environmental protection strategy, game theory, participatory approach.

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Prioritization of Sub-watersheds in Khanapara–Bornihat Area of Assam–Meghalaya (India) Based on Land Use and Slope Analysis Using Remote Sensing and GIS

Cited by 32 publications

References 8 publications

Land Cover Change Investigation in the Southern Syrian Coastal Basins During the Past 30-Years Using Landsat Remote Sensing Data

Land Cover Change Investigation in the Southern Syrian Coastal Basins During the Past 30-Years Using Landsat Remote Sensing Data

Ruralization vs. Urbanization Sprawl as Guiding Regional Planning: Development Scenario for Rivers Watershed in the Southern Syrian Coastal Region

A Step towards Building Environmental Protection Strategy: Game Theory Framework for Al-Abrash River Basin Management

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