Geographic information system concepts for land management

T. Kleynhans; P. R. Coppin; L. P. Queen

doi:10.1080/03768359908440096

Geographic information system concepts for land management

T. Kleynhans, P. R. Coppin, L. P. Queen

W. A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation

Stellenbosch University

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Abstract

A Geographical Information System (GIS) has recently been developed for the assessment of the agricultural potential of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. The main value of this GIS is the integration of agricultural resource information from the SADC countries in order to support regional planning. The development of GIS technology makes it possible to compile, store, retrieve, analyse and display vast quantities of spatial data on, inter alia, the climate, topography, soils and infrastructure of the region. This article aims to give background information on the nature and general application of a GIS. Attention is given to the capabilities of a GIS, the spatial questions that drive analyses, basic database requirements, analytical and operational functions, as well as the applications of a GIS in land reform. More detail on the spatial agricultural resource data captured and its use by means of the SADC GIS will be described in a later article.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	519-530
Number of pages	12
Journal	Development Southern Africa
Volume	16
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/03768359908440096
State	Published - 1999

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A GIS for assessing the agricultural potential of the SADC region has recently been developed by the Agrifutura Project and the Forestry Management Unit of the University of Stellenbosch and funded by the Development Bank of Southern Africa. The FAO/SADC Regional Remote Sensing Project in Harare collaborated with them in the collection of the data. The SADC Agricultural Potential Assessment Project follows on previous agricultural resource assessments of Africa, such as the Agro-ecological Zones Project of the FAO (cf FAO, 1978), which provided valuable methodological contributions and crop suitability maps for the whole continent. It also provided quantities of suitable land per selected crop for various climatic regions, distinguishing between high-and low-input conditions. This was followed by the project which assessed the physical potential 'population-supporting capacities' of countries in five regions of the developing world (FAO, 1983).

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Development Bank of Southern Africa

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