Delineating the Crop-Land Dynamic due to Extreme Environment Using Landsat Datasets: A Case Study
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Article Title | Delineating the Crop-Land Dynamic due to Extreme Environment Using Landsat Datasets: A Case Study |
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ERA Journal ID | 200126 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Halder, Bijay (Author), Bandyopadhyay, Jatisankar (Author), Afan, Haitham Abdulmohsin (Author), Naser, Maryam H. (Author), Abed, Salwan Ali (Author), Khedher, Khaled Mohamed (Author), Falih, Khaldoon T. (Author), Deo, Ravinesh (Author), Scholz, Miklas (Author) and Yaseen, Zaher Mundher (Author) |
Journal Title | Agronomy |
Journal Citation | 12 (6), pp. 1-23 |
Article Number | 1268 |
Number of Pages | 23 |
Year | 2022 |
Publisher | MDPI AG |
Place of Publication | Switzerland |
ISSN | 2073-4395 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12061268 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/6/1268 |
Abstract | Extreme climatic conditions and natural hazard-related phenomenon have been affecting coastal regions and riverine areas. Floods, cyclones, and climate change phenomena have hammered the natural environment and increased the land dynamic, socio-economic vulnerability, and food scarcity. Saltwater intrusion has also triggered cropland vulnerability and, therefore, increased the area of inland brackish water fishery. The cropland area has decreased due to low soil fertility; around 252.06 km2 of cropland area has been lost, and 326.58 km2 of water bodies or inland fishery area has been added in just thirty years in the selected blocks of the North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, India. After saltwater intrusion, soil fertility appears to have been decreased and crop production has been greatly reduced. The cropland areas were 586.52 km2 (1990), 419.92 km2 (2000), 361.67 km2 (2010) and 334.46 km2 (2020). Gradually the water body areas were increased 156.21 km2 (1990), 328.15 km2 (2000), 397.77 km2 (2010) and 482.78 km2 (2020). The vegetated land area also decreased due to it being converted into inland fishery areas, and around 79.15 km2 were degraded during the last thirty years. The super cyclone Aila, along with other super cyclones and other environmental stresses, like water-logging, soil salinity, and irrigation water scarcity were the reasons for the development of the new fishery areas in the selected blocks. There is a need for proper planning for sustainable development of this area. |
Keywords | extreme climatic condition; crop land vulnerability; fishery area identification; remote sensing and GIS; North 24 Parganas district |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 300299. Agriculture, land and farm management not elsewhere classified |
Byline Affiliations | Vidyasagar University, India |
Al-Maarif University College, Iraq | |
Al-Mustaqbal University College, Iraq | |
University of Al-Qadisiyah, Iraq | |
King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia | |
Al-Ayen University, Iraq | |
School of Mathematics, Physics and Computing | |
University of Salford, United Kingdom | |
National University of Malaysia | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q7605/delineating-the-crop-land-dynamic-due-to-extreme-environment-using-landsat-datasets-a-case-study
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