TITLE:
Temporal change assessment of agricultural land by Satellite Remote Sensing (SRS) technique
AUTHORS:
Gohar Ali Mahar, Razzaq Ahmed, Mohammad Jawed Iqbal
KEYWORDS:
Agriculture; Spatiotemporal; Satellite Remote Sensing (SRS); GIS; Landsat
JOURNAL NAME:
Natural Science,
Vol.5 No.6,
June
13,
2013
ABSTRACT:
Agriculture is the
vital economic activity of rural society in nearly all of Pakistan. The Winder-Sonmiani area located at the Makran coast near the city of Hub in Pakistan is
economically very promising. Cropping, horticulture, fruit farming and animal
husbandry are the common land use activities in the area while fishing along
the coast is an important economic activity. Owing to the use of the Satellite
Remote Sensing technique (SRST), the triangular basin shape structure of
the Winder area has been found to be spatially very promising for agricultural activities. Positive change in the use of agriculture land was detected from the Satellite
images of different periods. Use of modern technology and incentives provided
by the government have advanced improvement in agriculture.