Abstract
Studies on Land Resource Inventory for Agricultural Land Use Planning in Northern Transition Zone of India through Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques
Highlights
Land use planning involves the evaluation of land for alternative land uses for the purpose of selecting the best land-use option from among multiple purposes including agriculture, pasture and forestry
A study on land resource inventory for agricultural land use planning was conducted in the Northern Transition Zone of India to determine land capability and develop a suitability map for wheat and sorghum-based on physical and climatic factors of production using remote sensing and GIS techniques
A soil map is designed to show the distribution of soil types or other soil mapping units in relation to other prominent physical and cultural features of the earth’s surface
Summary
Land use planning involves the evaluation of land for alternative land uses for the purpose of selecting the best land-use option from among multiple purposes including agriculture, pasture and forestry. Depending on the nature and properties of soils, land may be suitable for one or other uses. Based on the capability or limitations, lands are grouped into eight classes [1]. The first four classes (I - IV) of lands are used for cultivation of crops. These four classes are differentiated based on the extent of soil slope, erosion, depth, structure, soil reaction and drainage. The classes from V to VIII are not capable of supporting cultivation of crops but are fit for other uses such as growing grasses, forestry and supporting wildlife and recreation. The classes V to VIII lands are normally delineated based on problems like streamflow, flooding, ponding, rocky nature, short growing season, snow cover, etc
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