Temporal change assessment of agricultural land by Satellite Remote Sensing (SRS) technique

Gohar Ali Mahar, Razzaq Ahmed, Mohammad Jawed Iqbal

Ain Zubaida Unit for Rehabilitation and Groundwater Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, KSA.
Department of Geography, Federal Urdu University of Art, Sciences and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan.

DOI: 10.4236/ns.2013.56085                

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.

Keywords

Agriculture; Spatiotemporal; Satellite Remote Sensing (SRS); GIS; Landsat

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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