CONTENTS
Land Degradation Assessment 1
1.1 Introduction 1
1.1.1 Types of land degradation 1
1.1.2 Natural degradation hazards 3
1.1.3 Direct causes of degradation 4
1.2. Methodology 6
PART-1: Environmental Resource Assessment 6
PART-II: Land Degradation Assessment 12
1.2.1. Results: Environmental Resource Index 20
1.2.2.Results: Land Degradation Index 22
1.3. Conclusion 26
1.3.1. Issues of Land Degradation and Remediation 27
Land Evaluation for Crop Suitability 31
2.1. Introduction 31
2.2 The Methodology 31
2.2.1. The Procedure 32
2.3 Steps Involved 33
2.3.1 Inventory of Land Use Types 33
2.3.2 Layers Included 34
2.3.3 Crop edaphic and climatologic requirement inventorization 35
2.3.4Levels of suitability 37
2.4. Results 39
3.Potential Groundwater Recharge Area Zonation 50
3.1. Method followed 50
3.2. Results 57
3.3. Conclusions 58
Appendix I Rainfall Analysis 59
Appendix-II Factor Weightings for Degradation Assessment 64
Appendix-III List of Villages Falling in Various Degradation Categories 65
Appendix-IV Land Evaluation for Cropping (Critical Limits) 77
Appendix-V Talukawise Villages Index Maps 80