Current Soil Degradation Assessment in the Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam, by Multi-Criteria Analysis and GIS Technology

Son Hoang Nguyen, Dan Ngoc Nguyen, Nhung Nguyen Thu, Hai Hoang Pham, Hang Anh Phan () and Cham Dinh Dao
Additional contact information
Son Hoang Nguyen: Faculty of Geography, University of Education, Hue University, 34 Le Loi Street, Hue City 530000, Thuathienhue Province, Vietnam
Dan Ngoc Nguyen: Faculty of Geography, University of Education, Hue University, 34 Le Loi Street, Hue City 530000, Thuathienhue Province, Vietnam
Nhung Nguyen Thu: Institute of Geography, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam
Hai Hoang Pham: Institute of Geography, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam
Hang Anh Phan: Faculty of Geosciences, University of Science, Hue University, 77 Nguyen Hue Street, Hue City 530000, Thuathienhue Province, Vietnam
Cham Dinh Dao: Institute of Geography, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 19, 1-19

Abstract: This article aims to provide a scientific basis for solutions to use soil cover for sustainable agricultural and rational forestry development. We used traditional methods such as survey and data collection; soil profile comparison method; vegetation indicator for soil degradation; determining the physical and chemical limiting factors of the soil; combined with the application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology and the multi-criteria method (MCE) to conduct a soil degradation assessment for the Thua Thien Hue province, Vietnam. In this study, nine indicators affecting the current soil degradation were selected and then the single-dimensional maps were superimposed to form the current soil degradation map for the study area at a scale of 1/10,000. The study results show that: lightly degraded soil accounts for 48.81% of the total natural area of the study area; medium degradation accounts for 22.07%; and severe degradation accounts for 19.66%. The study results show that most of the soil in the study area is at a moderate to severe level of degradation and shows the need for synchronous implementation of reasonable solutions to prevent degradation and use soil sustainably in the Thua Thien Hue province, Vietnam.

Keywords: degradation; current degradation; Thua Thien Hue province; GIS; multi-criteria analysis (MCA) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/19/14276/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/19/14276/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:15:y:2023:i:19:p:14276-:d:1248790

Access Statistics for this article

Sustainability is currently edited by Ms. Alexandra Wu

More articles in Sustainability from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().