NDLI: Simulation of farming suitability for arid-agriculture using a GIS-Evaluation approach in the loess plateau, China

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Wenlong Zhao Fengmin Li Yanling Mou Chaojie Jia Guojun Sun
Copyright Year	2010
Description	Author affiliation: MOE Key Laboratory of Arid and Grassland Ecology, Lanzhou University, 730000, Gansu Province, China (Wenlong Zhao; Fengmin Li; Yanling Mou; Chaojie Jia; Guojun Sun)
Abstract	There is larger difference of suitability for farming arid-agriculture in the Loess Plateau. Irrational usage of farmland caused backward economy and degradation of environment. In order to simulate the suitability of the farmland, the data of climate, soil and terrain were used to integrate through a MCE-GIS approach. The weight coefficient according to experts' opinion was used to assess farming suitability; continuous suitability showed the highest value is 236 and lowest is 40. There are 181 ha with very low suitability and 905,509 ha (21.73%) with high suitability. The potential irrigated farmland defined as high suitability is about 466,857ha (11.20%). This simulation is a pioneer evaluation among the medium-scale regions in the Loess Plateau, and it provided a reference at regional level that could be used by government to establish optimal agriculture policies and reasonable farming industrial structure.
Starting Page	107
Ending Page	111
File Size	1181418
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424496730
ISSN	21544824
e-ISBN	9781889335421
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2010-09-19
Publisher Place	Japan
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	TSI Press
Subject Keyword	Agriculture Soil Geographic Information Systems Meteorology System-on-a-chip Biological system modeling Sun Loess Plateau farming suitability arid-agriculture Multi-Criteria Evaluation GIS
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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