Land Degradation Mapping Using Integration of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Maricá, Rio de Janiro, Brazil

Year : 2024 | Volume :15 | Issue : 03 | Page : –
By

Mohammad Al Abed,

Marcos Teixeira de Melo Saboya,

Fábio Ferreira Dias,

  1. General Organization,, Fluminense Federal University (UFF),, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro,, Brazil
  2. General Organization,, Geosciences Institute,Fluminense Federal University (UFF),, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro,, Brazil
  3. General Organization,, Geosciences Institute,Fluminense Federal University (UFF),, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro,, Brazil

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to study the growing problem of soil erosion in the municipality of Maricá, Rio de Janiro, Brazil. The study area has an excellent agricultural condition. However, due to human and natural factors water erosion is becoming a major problem. Therefore, new approaches are needed to determine soil degradation not only for the identification of hotspots, but also to identify areas prone to degradation to develop appropriate land management policies. Mapping of water erosion was assessed according to methodology of the United Nation Environment Program/Priority Action program using different images from Landsat8, Airbus on Google Earth Pro, and ESRI Land Cover 2023 to identify the dominant erosion process, stable areas types, and producing land degradation and conservation priority maps. Results showed that stable areas spread over 200.22 km², while about 21.23 km² is consider as unstable areas. Additionally, a prioritization procedure was identified to determine hot spot areas for remedial measures, results showed the unstable areas which should have priority in conservation form about 22.14 km2. Besides, a landuse/landcover change detection procedure was done to investigate those changes using Landsat 1985 and 2022 images, showed a significant increase (14.49%) in urban area at the expense of decrease in wetland (-1.70%), pasture (-3.44%), mosaic of uses (-9.70). The results leaded us to a conclusion that the increase in areas of urbanization and pasturelands were in forestlands, where large areas of the rolling hills and gentle mountain slops have been deforested. This finding suggests a set of remedial measures for soil conservation and for recovery of degraded areas to be applied to those hot spots.

Keywords: land degradation, soil erosion, change detection, remote sensing, GIS, Maricá

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Mohammad Al Abed, Marcos Teixeira de Melo Saboya, Fábio Ferreira Dias. Land Degradation Mapping Using Integration of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Maricá, Rio de Janiro, Brazil. Journal of Remote Sensing & GIS. 2024; 15(03):-.
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Mohammad Al Abed, Marcos Teixeira de Melo Saboya, Fábio Ferreira Dias. Land Degradation Mapping Using Integration of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Maricá, Rio de Janiro, Brazil. Journal of Remote Sensing & GIS. 2024; 15(03):-. Available from: https://journals.stmjournals.com/jorsg/article=2024/view=176784

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