Land‐use change impacts on soil and vegetation attributes in the Kanshi River basin, Potohar Plateau, Pakistan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21648352 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sohail Abbas (0000-0003-1194-064X, Department of Geography Climate Research Institute, Konkuk University Seoul South Korea, corresponding author), Ghulam Dastgeer (0000-0001-9078-6139, Department of Physics and Astronomy Sejong University Seoul South Korea, corresponding author), Muhammad Yaseen (0000-0001-9005-9249, Centre for Integrated Mountain Research University of the Punjab Pakistan), Yasir Latif (0000-0003-0991-7483, Institute of computer sciences Czech Academy of Sciences Prague Czechia) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 15 |
| Pages | 2649-2662 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Land Degradation and Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1085-3278 • E-ISSN: 1099-145X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ldr.4252 |
| OpenAlex | W4220699939 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 56 |
Soil erosion and land degradation have intensified recently, resulting from large‐scale land‐use and land cover (LULC) change, deforestation and farm mechanization. This phenomenon motivates the rationale for the assessment of such land‐use changes and their impacts on soil and vegetation in the Kanshi River basin using various remote sensing techniques between 1987–2019. The image classification enabled the identification of dry and highland zones. It was observed that around 17% of natural vegetation cover disappeared and was converted into agricultural land. Significant increase in extensive agricultural practices, population growth, settlement, and the brick industry have increased soil erosion and changed the landscape of the Kanshi region during 1987–2019. Further, we classify gully erosion, rill erosion, sprinkle erosion, and sheet erosion have all been found at rates of 43%, 27%, 9%, and 21%, respectively. Similarly, soil classes in 2019 were doubled, with Sambrial association (1%), Rajar complex (36%), Dhulian association (15%), Gullied (15%), Missa complex, Rough mountainous (2%) and Rough broken (17%), compared to four classes in 1987: Gullied, Missa complex, rough broken land, and Torrent bed land. Whereas in 1987, four types of soils were observed. The recorded soil series had a limited water holding capacity and were well drained. Soil erosion is a natural and inevitable phenomenon; however, its intensity can be reduced by appropriate water resource management in this basin
Erosion · Geomorphology · Land cover · Land degradation · Land use · Soil retrogression and degradation · Soil water · Surface runoff · Environmental Science · Land Use and Ecosystem Services · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology · Soil erosion and sediment transport · Ecology · Geology · Soil Science
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