Land Suitability Evaluation for Sorghum Using GIS: A Case Study of Jiangyang

Author

Peng, Qing ; Wu, Wei ; Liu, Hong-Bin

Author_Institution

Coll. of Resources & Environ., Southwest Univ., Chongqing, China

Volume

2

fYear

2011

fDate

28-29 March 2011

Firstpage

112

Lastpage

115

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to evaluate land suitability for sorghum using geographic information system (GIS). Terrain attributes (slope and aspect) and soil physical and chemical properties (effective soil depth, organic matter, texture, available phosphorus, available potassium, and drainage capacity) were selected using Delphi technique. The weight of each index was determined by AHP approach. The results showed that about 94% of the study area was classified as suitable and highly suitable land for planting sorghum. The highly suitable land is mainly located in the north-western Jiangyang.

Keywords

crops; decision making; geographic information systems; AHP approach; C4 crop; Delphi technique; GIS; aspect terrain; drainage capacity; effective soil depth; geographic information system; land suitability evaluation; organic matter; slope terrain; soil chemical properties; soil physical properties; sorghum; terrain attributes; Cities and towns; Geographic Information Systems; Indexes; Irrigation; Land surface temperature; Soil; Class; Crop; Factor; Jiangyang; Suitable;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Computation Technology and Automation (ICICTA), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shenzhen, Guangdong

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-289-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICICTA.2011.318

Filename

5750845