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| Title : |
GIS based approach in land suitability analysis of Lokta (Daphnee bholua) | S. Tripathi, H. Adhikari, and S. Ghimire |
| Material Type: |
printed text |
| Authors: |
S. Tripathi, Author ; Hari Adhikari, Author ; S. Ghimire, Author |
| Publication Date: |
2020 |
| Article on page: |
207-216 p. |
| Languages : |
English (eng) |
| Keywords: |
Land resource, optimum utilization, MCA and AHP |
| Abstract: |
Land suitability analysis is a pre-requisite in achieving optimum utilization of the available land resources. The main objective
of this study was to develop a suitability map for lokta based on topographic, soil, land-use, land cover, and climatic factors
of production using a Multi-Criteria Evaluation (MCE) & GIS approach. The study was carried out in Suspa Community
Forest of Dolakha district. Biophysical variables of soil, climate, topography, and land use land cover (LULC) and water
availability were considered as variable influencing for the study suitability classes. For MCE, Pairwise Comparison Matrix
was applied and the suitable areas for lokta crop were generated and graduated. Finally, the land cover map was overlaid
with the suitability map to identify variances between the present land cover. The crop-land evaluation results of this study
showed that out of total 625 hectare area, 9% was under highly suitable, 22% were moderately suitable, 36% of the land
was marginally suitable, and 33% were currently and permanently also not suitable. Also the suitable classes were overlaid
over present land use and land class. It was found that 100% of the highly suitable land was under forest land of land use and
hardwood of land cover. Thus findings of this research provided information at local level that could be useful in determining
suitability status of desired species |
| Link for e-copy: |
https://afu.edu.np/sites/default/files/GIS%20based%20approach%20in%20land%20suit [...] |
in Journal of Agriculture and Forestry University > Volume 4 (2020) . - 207-216 p.
[article] GIS based approach in land suitability analysis of Lokta (Daphnee bholua) | S. Tripathi, H. Adhikari, and S. Ghimire [printed text] / S. Tripathi, Author ; Hari Adhikari, Author ; S. Ghimire, Author . - 2020 . - 207-216 p. Languages : English ( eng) in Journal of Agriculture and Forestry University > Volume 4 (2020) . - 207-216 p.
| Keywords: |
Land resource, optimum utilization, MCA and AHP |
| Abstract: |
Land suitability analysis is a pre-requisite in achieving optimum utilization of the available land resources. The main objective
of this study was to develop a suitability map for lokta based on topographic, soil, land-use, land cover, and climatic factors
of production using a Multi-Criteria Evaluation (MCE) & GIS approach. The study was carried out in Suspa Community
Forest of Dolakha district. Biophysical variables of soil, climate, topography, and land use land cover (LULC) and water
availability were considered as variable influencing for the study suitability classes. For MCE, Pairwise Comparison Matrix
was applied and the suitable areas for lokta crop were generated and graduated. Finally, the land cover map was overlaid
with the suitability map to identify variances between the present land cover. The crop-land evaluation results of this study
showed that out of total 625 hectare area, 9% was under highly suitable, 22% were moderately suitable, 36% of the land
was marginally suitable, and 33% were currently and permanently also not suitable. Also the suitable classes were overlaid
over present land use and land class. It was found that 100% of the highly suitable land was under forest land of land use and
hardwood of land cover. Thus findings of this research provided information at local level that could be useful in determining
suitability status of desired species |
| Link for e-copy: |
https://afu.edu.np/sites/default/files/GIS%20based%20approach%20in%20land%20suit [...] |
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