EVALUATING LAND DEGRADATION FOR ASSESSMENT OF LAND VULNERABILITY TO DESERT CONDITIONS IN THE SOKOTO AREA, NIGERIA

Authors
MOHAMMED SO FARSHAD A FARIFTEH J
Citation
So. Mohammed et al., EVALUATING LAND DEGRADATION FOR ASSESSMENT OF LAND VULNERABILITY TO DESERT CONDITIONS IN THE SOKOTO AREA, NIGERIA, LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT, 7(3), 1996, pp. 205-215
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences","Agriculture Soil Science
Journal title
LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT → ACNP
ISSN journal
10853278
Volume
7
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
205 - 215
Database
ISI
SICI code
1085-3278(1996)7:3<205:ELDFAO>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
There are no standard indicators to evaluate or predict desertificatio n. This paper describes an attempt to assess vulnerability to desert c onditions in part of the Sokoto district in northwestern Nigeria, usin g remote sensing coupled with other ancillary data (erosion, sealing, crusting, compaction, cover change, organic matter monitoring, salinit y and aridification) within a geographic information system environmen t.