Environmental land degradation assessment in semi-arid Indus basin area using IRS-1B LISS-II data

Abstract

Degradation due to hydro-salinity in the Indus basin semi-arid irrigated area of Pakistan has deteriorated the vast productive agricultural land. The present approach was an effort through various GIS and remote sensing techniques like, image registration, color composites interpretation, vegetation and salinity indices, empirical modeling, interpolations, overlaying, and supervised classification (MLC), providing information about the cause, extent and magnitude of hydro-salinity prone areas.