Integrating remote sensing and geographic information system for mapping sensitivity to land degradation for Farafra oasis, western desert, Egypt [electronic resource].

Includes references.

The imbalance between the rate of population increase and the cropland rate of increase is an important indicator of the need to add new lands through horizontal expansion, since vertical expansion has so far been characterized with a limited impact in Egypt. The horizontal expansion also helps provide more work opportunities, alleviate population pressure on the old cities and reduce loss of croplands to urban development. Moreover, it creates a new, developed social system in the new communities in a manner that enables them to establish a morc effective agricultural sector.

Summary in Arabic.

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