• Narayan Chopra

Over exploitation of available natural resources to meet the growing demand of the ever increasing population has resulted in the degradation of land by various processes, namely soil erosion by water and wind, waterlogging, soil salinization and/or alkalization, shifting cultivation, compaction, etc., apart from dwindling per capita arable land. The study area though is endowed with rich natural resources, suffers from a variety of problems, ranging from demographic pressure to accelerated land degradation. Realizing the potential of spaceborne multispectral measurements in providing spatial information on natural resources the author reports here the results of a study which was taken up in the southern part of Sonbhadhra district of Uttar Pradesh, to generate the information on natural resources from Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-IA) Linear Imaging Self-scanning Sensor (LISS-II) images through a systematic visual interpretation & its subsequent integration with the collateral information to develop various thematic maps on Land Use/Land Cover, Geomorphology, etc. These thematic maps have been integrated and the kind & level of land degradation, its intensity and areal coverage in the study area has been mapped & characterized. Specific management plans of various land units for the entire study area have been suggested.

Land Degradation, Land Resource Mapping, Sustainable Land Resources Management, Natural Resource Mapping, Natural Resource Management.

"Sustainable Land Resource Management Using Remote Sensing Techniques : A Case Study", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.3, Issue 1, page no.398-405, January-2016, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701750.pdf

"Sustainable Land Resource Management Using Remote Sensing Techniques : A Case Study", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.3, Issue 1, page no. pp398-405, January-2016, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701750.pdf